diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 236553e81027..69f6463e11bd 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -43,11 +43,21 @@ enum {
 #define vhost_avail_event(vq) ((__virtio16 __user *)&vq->used->ring[vq->num])
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY
-static void vhost_vq_reset_user_be(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+static void vhost_disable_cross_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
 	vq->user_be = !virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
 }
 
+static void vhost_enable_cross_endian_big(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+	vq->user_be = true;
+}
+
+static void vhost_enable_cross_endian_little(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+	vq->user_be = false;
+}
+
 static long vhost_set_vring_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int __user *argp)
 {
 	struct vhost_vring_state s;
@@ -62,7 +72,10 @@ static long vhost_set_vring_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int __user *argp)
 	    s.num != VHOST_VRING_BIG_ENDIAN)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	vq->user_be = s.num;
+	if (s.num == VHOST_VRING_BIG_ENDIAN)
+		vhost_enable_cross_endian_big(vq);
+	else
+		vhost_enable_cross_endian_little(vq);
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -91,7 +104,7 @@ static void vhost_init_is_le(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 	vq->is_le = vhost_has_feature(vq, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1) || !vq->user_be;
 }
 #else
-static void vhost_vq_reset_user_be(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+static void vhost_disable_cross_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
 }
 
@@ -113,6 +126,11 @@ static void vhost_init_is_le(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY */
 
+static void vhost_reset_is_le(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+	vq->is_le = virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+}
+
 static void vhost_poll_func(struct file *file, wait_queue_head_t *wqh,
 			    poll_table *pt)
 {
@@ -276,8 +294,8 @@ static void vhost_vq_reset(struct vhost_dev *dev,
 	vq->call = NULL;
 	vq->log_ctx = NULL;
 	vq->memory = NULL;
-	vq->is_le = virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
-	vhost_vq_reset_user_be(vq);
+	vhost_reset_is_le(vq);
+	vhost_disable_cross_endian(vq);
 }
 
 static int vhost_worker(void *data)
@@ -1159,7 +1177,7 @@ int vhost_init_used(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 	bool is_le = vq->is_le;
 
 	if (!vq->private_data) {
-		vq->is_le = virtio_legacy_is_little_endian();
+		vhost_reset_is_le(vq);
 		return 0;
 	}