diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h
index e40010abcaf1..0dffad6bcc84 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/string.h
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRNCMP
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_STRCAT
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMSET
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY
+#endif
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMMOVE
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCHR
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@ extern int strcmp(const char *,const char *);
 extern int strncmp(const char *, const char *, __kernel_size_t);
 extern char * strcat(char *, const char *);
 extern void * memset(void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 extern void * memcpy(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
+#endif
 extern void * memmove(void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
 extern int memcmp(const void *,const void *,__kernel_size_t);
 extern void * memchr(const void *,int,__kernel_size_t);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
index 3b485c5cff10..60bbeb29f9b8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ppc_ksyms.c
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__ucmpdi2);
 #endif
 long long __bswapdi2(long long);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bswapdi2);
+#ifdef __BIG_ENDIAN__
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy);
+#endif
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memset);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memmove);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcmp);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
index 33ab26112123..5310132856c1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/Makefile
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PPC32)	+= div64.o copy_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM)	+= devres.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= copypage_64.o copyuser_64.o \
-			   memcpy_64.o usercopy_64.o mem_64.o string.o \
+			   usercopy_64.o mem_64.o string.o \
 			   hweight_64.o \
-			   copyuser_power7.o string_64.o copypage_power7.o \
-			   memcpy_power7.o
+			   copyuser_power7.o string_64.o copypage_power7.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_CSUM),)
 obj-y			+= checksum_$(CONFIG_WORD_SIZE).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= checksum_wrappers_64.o
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),)
+obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)		+= memcpy_power7.o memcpy_64.o 
+endif
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC_EMULATE_SSTEP)	+= sstep.o ldstfp.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)