diff --git a/include/linux/etherdevice.h b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
index c4a10f991fe0..9012f8775208 100644
--- a/include/linux/etherdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/etherdevice.h
@@ -190,6 +190,24 @@ static inline bool is_valid_ether_addr(const u8 *addr)
 	return !is_multicast_ether_addr(addr) && !is_zero_ether_addr(addr);
 }
 
+/**
+ * eth_proto_is_802_3 - Determine if a given Ethertype/length is a protocol
+ * @proto: Ethertype/length value to be tested
+ *
+ * Check that the value from the Ethertype/length field is a valid Ethertype.
+ *
+ * Return true if the valid is an 802.3 supported Ethertype.
+ */
+static inline bool eth_proto_is_802_3(__be16 proto)
+{
+#ifndef __BIG_ENDIAN
+	/* if CPU is little endian mask off bits representing LSB */
+	proto &= htons(0xFF00);
+#endif
+	/* cast both to u16 and compare since LSB can be ignored */
+	return (__force u16)proto >= (__force u16)htons(ETH_P_802_3_MIN);
+}
+
 /**
  * eth_random_addr - Generate software assigned random Ethernet address
  * @addr: Pointer to a six-byte array containing the Ethernet address
diff --git a/include/linux/if_vlan.h b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
index 920e4457ce6e..b9ab677c0c0a 100644
--- a/include/linux/if_vlan.h
+++ b/include/linux/if_vlan.h
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ static inline void vlan_set_encap_proto(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	 */
 
 	proto = vhdr->h_vlan_encapsulated_proto;
-	if (ntohs(proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN) {
+	if (eth_proto_is_802_3(proto)) {
 		skb->protocol = proto;
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 91180a7fc943..5149d9e71114 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ ebt_basic_match(const struct ebt_entry *e, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 		ethproto = h->h_proto;
 
 	if (e->bitmask & EBT_802_3) {
-		if (FWINV2(ntohs(ethproto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN, EBT_IPROTO))
+		if (FWINV2(eth_proto_is_802_3(ethproto), EBT_IPROTO))
 			return 1;
 	} else if (!(e->bitmask & EBT_NOPROTO) &&
 	   FWINV2(e->ethproto != ethproto, EBT_IPROTO))
diff --git a/net/ethernet/eth.c b/net/ethernet/eth.c
index 314e4c5a5a5e..9045e2a1108f 100644
--- a/net/ethernet/eth.c
+++ b/net/ethernet/eth.c
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ __be16 eth_type_trans(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	if (unlikely(netdev_uses_dsa(dev)))
 		return htons(ETH_P_XDSA);
 
-	if (likely((eth->h_proto & htons(0xFF00)) >= htons(ETH_P_802_3_MIN)))
+	if (likely(eth_proto_is_802_3(eth->h_proto)))
 		return eth->h_proto;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
index ce63ab21b6cd..3998b1822d85 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_tunnel_core.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ int iptunnel_pull_header(struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len, __be16 inner_proto)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 
 		eh = (struct ethhdr *)skb->data;
-		if (likely(ntohs(eh->h_proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN))
+		if (likely(eth_proto_is_802_3(eh->h_proto)))
 			skb->protocol = eh->h_proto;
 		else
 			skb->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 096c6276e6b9..3b90461317ec 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -545,7 +545,7 @@ static int ovs_packet_cmd_execute(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	/* Normally, setting the skb 'protocol' field would be handled by a
 	 * call to eth_type_trans(), but it assumes there's a sending
 	 * device, which we may not have. */
-	if (ntohs(eth->h_proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN)
+	if (eth_proto_is_802_3(eth->h_proto))
 		packet->protocol = eth->h_proto;
 	else
 		packet->protocol = htons(ETH_P_802_2);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow.c b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
index 2dacc7b5af23..bc7b0aba994a 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow.c
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ static __be16 parse_ethertype(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	proto = *(__be16 *) skb->data;
 	__skb_pull(skb, sizeof(__be16));
 
-	if (ntohs(proto) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN)
+	if (eth_proto_is_802_3(proto))
 		return proto;
 
 	if (skb->len < sizeof(struct llc_snap_hdr))
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ static __be16 parse_ethertype(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	__skb_pull(skb, sizeof(struct llc_snap_hdr));
 
-	if (ntohs(llc->ethertype) >= ETH_P_802_3_MIN)
+	if (eth_proto_is_802_3(llc->ethertype))
 		return llc->ethertype;
 
 	return htons(ETH_P_802_2);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index c691b1a1eee0..624e41c4267f 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@ static int ovs_key_from_nlattrs(struct sw_flow_match *match, u64 attrs,
 		if (is_mask) {
 			/* Always exact match EtherType. */
 			eth_type = htons(0xffff);
-		} else if (ntohs(eth_type) < ETH_P_802_3_MIN) {
+		} else if (!eth_proto_is_802_3(eth_type)) {
 			OVS_NLERR(log, "EtherType %x is less than min %x",
 				  ntohs(eth_type), ETH_P_802_3_MIN);
 			return -EINVAL;