diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index 4772862b71a7..d3f767448a72 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -183,10 +183,17 @@ static inline bool vhost_has_feature(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, int bit)
 	return vq->acked_features & (1ULL << bit);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_VHOST_CROSS_ENDIAN_LEGACY
 static inline bool vhost_is_little_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
 {
 	return vq->is_le;
 }
+#else
+static inline bool vhost_is_little_endian(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq)
+{
+	return virtio_legacy_is_little_endian() || vq->is_le;
+}
+#endif
 
 /* Memory accessors */
 static inline u16 vhost16_to_cpu(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, __virtio16 val)