diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6c94b93a2..436bd57ef 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-03-18  Michel Dänzer  <michel@daenzer.net>
+
+	* fs/ext2.c (grub_ext2_read_block): Take endianness into account when
+	checking inode flags for EXT4_EXTENTS_FLAG.
+
 2009-03-18  Robert Millan  <rmh@aybabtu.com>
 
 	* loader/i386/linux.c: Include `<grub/video.h>' and
diff --git a/fs/ext2.c b/fs/ext2.c
index ac0757e7c..465246171 100644
--- a/fs/ext2.c
+++ b/fs/ext2.c
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ grub_ext2_read_block (grub_fshelp_node_t node, grub_disk_addr_t fileblock)
   unsigned int blksz = EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE (data);
   int log2_blksz = LOG2_EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE (data);
   
-  if (inode->flags & EXT4_EXTENTS_FLAG)
+  if (grub_le_to_cpu32(inode->flags) & EXT4_EXTENTS_FLAG)
     {
       char buf[EXT2_BLOCK_SIZE(data)];
       struct grub_ext4_extent_header *leaf;