diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index 11e44a06c7..a919f17afa 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ hw-obj-$(CONFIG_PARALLEL) += parallel.o
 hw-obj-$(CONFIG_I8254) += i8254.o
 hw-obj-$(CONFIG_PCSPK) += pcspk.o
 hw-obj-$(CONFIG_USB_UHCI) += usb-uhci.o
-hw-obj-$(CONFIG_USB_OHCI) += usb-ohci.o
 hw-obj-$(CONFIG_FDC) += fdc.o
 hw-obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI) += acpi.o
 
diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 9cc2bae731..45cbe56bde 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ QEMU_CFLAGS += $(VNC_SASL_CFLAGS)
 # xen backend driver support
 obj-$(CONFIG_XEN) += xen_machine_pv.o xen_domainbuild.o
 
+# USB layer
+obj-$(CONFIG_USB_OHCI) += usb-ohci.o
+
 # PCI network cards
 obj-y += rtl8139.o
 obj-y += e1000.o
diff --git a/hw/devices.h b/hw/devices.h
index e9e8ec7a77..0ac561d91b 100644
--- a/hw/devices.h
+++ b/hw/devices.h
@@ -69,5 +69,5 @@ void sm501_init(uint32_t base, uint32_t local_mem_bytes, qemu_irq irq,
 
 /* usb-ohci.c */
 void usb_ohci_init_sm501(uint32_t mmio_base, uint32_t localmem_base,
-                         int num_ports, int devfn, qemu_irq irq, int be);
+                         int num_ports, int devfn, qemu_irq irq);
 #endif
diff --git a/hw/ppc_newworld.c b/hw/ppc_newworld.c
index 16d289c1f0..d131aa5e68 100644
--- a/hw/ppc_newworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc_newworld.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ static void ppc_core99_init (ram_addr_t ram_size,
                escc_mem_index);
 
     if (usb_enabled) {
-        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 1);
+        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1);
     }
 
     /* U3 needs to use USB for input because Linux doesn't support via-cuda
diff --git a/hw/ppc_oldworld.c b/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
index d7ee858aaa..27ddc013e6 100644
--- a/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
+++ b/hw/ppc_oldworld.c
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static void ppc_heathrow_init (ram_addr_t ram_size,
                escc_mem_index);
 
     if (usb_enabled) {
-        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 1);
+        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1);
     }
 
     if (graphic_depth != 15 && graphic_depth != 32 && graphic_depth != 8)
diff --git a/hw/ppc_prep.c b/hw/ppc_prep.c
index bb5967a7fc..a5e25b57fd 100644
--- a/hw/ppc_prep.c
+++ b/hw/ppc_prep.c
@@ -750,7 +750,7 @@ static void ppc_prep_init (ram_addr_t ram_size,
 #endif
 
     if (usb_enabled) {
-        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 1);
+        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1);
     }
 
     m48t59 = m48t59_init(i8259[8], 0, 0x0074, NVRAM_SIZE, 59);
diff --git a/hw/pxa.h b/hw/pxa.h
index 8d6a8c3348..2ca36c2f6a 100644
--- a/hw/pxa.h
+++ b/hw/pxa.h
@@ -213,4 +213,8 @@ struct PXA2xxI2SState {
 PXA2xxState *pxa270_init(unsigned int sdram_size, const char *revision);
 PXA2xxState *pxa255_init(unsigned int sdram_size);
 
+/* usb-ohci.c */
+void usb_ohci_init_pxa(target_phys_addr_t base, int num_ports, int devfn,
+                       qemu_irq irq);
+
 #endif	/* PXA_H */
diff --git a/hw/pxa2xx.c b/hw/pxa2xx.c
index 4f9b95bc4d..ea62c0b002 100644
--- a/hw/pxa2xx.c
+++ b/hw/pxa2xx.c
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 #include "sysbus.h"
 #include "pxa.h"
-#include "usb-ohci.h"
 #include "sysemu.h"
 #include "pc.h"
 #include "i2c.h"
@@ -2129,11 +2128,7 @@ PXA2xxState *pxa270_init(unsigned int sdram_size, const char *revision)
     }
 
     if (usb_enabled) {
-#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-        usb_ohci_init_pxa(0x4c000000, 3, -1, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_USBH1], 1);
-#else
-        usb_ohci_init_pxa(0x4c000000, 3, -1, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_USBH1], 0);
-#endif
+        usb_ohci_init_pxa(0x4c000000, 3, -1, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_USBH1]);
     }
 
     s->pcmcia[0] = pxa2xx_pcmcia_init(0x20000000);
@@ -2252,11 +2247,7 @@ PXA2xxState *pxa255_init(unsigned int sdram_size)
     }
 
     if (usb_enabled) {
-#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-        usb_ohci_init_pxa(0x4c000000, 3, -1, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_USBH1], 1);
-#else
-        usb_ohci_init_pxa(0x4c000000, 3, -1, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_USBH1], 0);
-#endif
+        usb_ohci_init_pxa(0x4c000000, 3, -1, s->pic[PXA2XX_PIC_USBH1]);
     }
 
     s->pcmcia[0] = pxa2xx_pcmcia_init(0x20000000);
diff --git a/hw/realview.c b/hw/realview.c
index c102ddca00..f786699a1c 100644
--- a/hw/realview.c
+++ b/hw/realview.c
@@ -266,11 +266,7 @@ static void realview_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
                                     pic[48], pic[49], pic[50], pic[51], NULL);
         pci_bus = (PCIBus *)qdev_get_child_bus(dev, "pci");
         if (usb_enabled) {
-#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-            usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 1);
-#else
-            usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 0);
-#endif
+            usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1);
         }
         n = drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI);
         while (n >= 0) {
diff --git a/hw/sm501.c b/hw/sm501.c
index 41ef3bff7a..1a342bdc58 100644
--- a/hw/sm501.c
+++ b/hw/sm501.c
@@ -1222,13 +1222,8 @@ void sm501_init(uint32_t base, uint32_t local_mem_bytes, qemu_irq irq,
                                  0x1000, sm501_disp_ctrl_index);
 
     /* bridge to usb host emulation module */
-#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
     usb_ohci_init_sm501(base + MMIO_BASE_OFFSET + SM501_USB_HOST, base,
-                        2, -1, irq, 1);
-#else
-    usb_ohci_init_sm501(base + MMIO_BASE_OFFSET + SM501_USB_HOST, base,
-                        2, -1, irq, 0);
-#endif
+                        2, -1, irq);
 
     /* bridge to serial emulation module */
     if (chr) {
diff --git a/hw/usb-ohci.c b/hw/usb-ohci.c
index 61ad6142c5..ac23c44f65 100644
--- a/hw/usb-ohci.c
+++ b/hw/usb-ohci.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "qemu-timer.h"
 #include "usb.h"
 #include "pci.h"
+#include "pxa.h"
 #include "devices.h"
 #include "usb-ohci.h"
 
@@ -1398,7 +1399,7 @@ static void ohci_port_set_status(OHCIState *ohci, int portnum, uint32_t val)
     return;
 }
 
-static uint32_t ohci_mem_read_le(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr)
+static uint32_t ohci_mem_read(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr)
 {
     OHCIState *ohci = ptr;
     uint32_t retval;
@@ -1515,22 +1516,21 @@ static uint32_t ohci_mem_read_le(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr)
             retval = 0xffffffff;
         }
     }
-    return retval;
-}
 
-static uint32_t ohci_mem_read_be(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr)
-{
-    uint32_t retval;
-
-    retval = ohci_mem_read_le(ptr, addr);
+#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
     retval = bswap32(retval);
+#endif
     return retval;
 }
 
-static void ohci_mem_write_le(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val)
+static void ohci_mem_write(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val)
 {
     OHCIState *ohci = ptr;
 
+#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+    val = bswap32(val);
+#endif
+
     /* Only aligned reads are allowed on OHCI */
     if (addr & 3) {
         fprintf(stderr, "usb-ohci: Mis-aligned write\n");
@@ -1647,43 +1647,24 @@ static void ohci_mem_write_le(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val)
     }
 }
 
-static void ohci_mem_write_be(void *ptr, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t val)
-{
-    val = bswap32(val);
-    ohci_mem_write_le(ptr, addr, val);
-}
-
 /* Only dword reads are defined on OHCI register space */
-static CPUReadMemoryFunc * const ohci_readfn_be[3]={
-    ohci_mem_read_be,
-    ohci_mem_read_be,
-    ohci_mem_read_be
+static CPUReadMemoryFunc * const ohci_readfn[3]={
+    ohci_mem_read,
+    ohci_mem_read,
+    ohci_mem_read
 };
 
 /* Only dword writes are defined on OHCI register space */
-static CPUWriteMemoryFunc * const ohci_writefn_be[3]={
-    ohci_mem_write_be,
-    ohci_mem_write_be,
-    ohci_mem_write_be
-};
-
-static CPUReadMemoryFunc * const ohci_readfn_le[3]={
-    ohci_mem_read_le,
-    ohci_mem_read_le,
-    ohci_mem_read_le
-};
-
-static CPUWriteMemoryFunc * const ohci_writefn_le[3]={
-    ohci_mem_write_le,
-    ohci_mem_write_le,
-    ohci_mem_write_le
+static CPUWriteMemoryFunc * const ohci_writefn[3]={
+    ohci_mem_write,
+    ohci_mem_write,
+    ohci_mem_write
 };
 
 static void usb_ohci_init(OHCIState *ohci, DeviceState *dev,
                           int num_ports, int devfn,
                           qemu_irq irq, enum ohci_type type,
-                          const char *name, uint32_t localmem_base,
-                          int be)
+                          const char *name, uint32_t localmem_base)
 {
     int i;
 
@@ -1703,13 +1684,7 @@ static void usb_ohci_init(OHCIState *ohci, DeviceState *dev,
                 usb_frame_time, usb_bit_time);
     }
 
-    if (be) {
-        ohci->mem = cpu_register_io_memory(ohci_readfn_be, ohci_writefn_be,
-                                           ohci);
-    } else {
-        ohci->mem = cpu_register_io_memory(ohci_readfn_le, ohci_writefn_le,
-                                           ohci);
-    }
+    ohci->mem = cpu_register_io_memory(ohci_readfn, ohci_writefn, ohci);
     ohci->localmem_base = localmem_base;
     ohci->name = name;
 
@@ -1729,7 +1704,6 @@ static void usb_ohci_init(OHCIState *ohci, DeviceState *dev,
 typedef struct {
     PCIDevice pci_dev;
     OHCIState state;
-    uint32_t be;
 } OHCIPCIState;
 
 static void ohci_mapfunc(PCIDevice *pci_dev, int i,
@@ -1754,7 +1728,7 @@ static int usb_ohci_initfn_pci(struct PCIDevice *dev)
 
     usb_ohci_init(&ohci->state, &dev->qdev, num_ports,
                   ohci->pci_dev.devfn, ohci->pci_dev.irq[0],
-                  OHCI_TYPE_PCI, ohci->pci_dev.name, 0, ohci->be);
+                  OHCI_TYPE_PCI, ohci->pci_dev.name, 0);
 
     /* TODO: avoid cast below by using dev */
     pci_register_bar((struct PCIDevice *)ohci, 0, 256,
@@ -1762,33 +1736,29 @@ static int usb_ohci_initfn_pci(struct PCIDevice *dev)
     return 0;
 }
 
-void usb_ohci_init_pci(struct PCIBus *bus, int devfn, int be)
+void usb_ohci_init_pci(struct PCIBus *bus, int devfn)
 {
-    PCIDevice *dev;
-
-    dev = pci_create(bus, devfn, "pci-ohci");
-    qdev_prop_set_uint32(&dev->qdev, "be", be);
-    qdev_init_nofail(&dev->qdev);
+    pci_create_simple(bus, devfn, "pci-ohci");
 }
 
 void usb_ohci_init_pxa(target_phys_addr_t base, int num_ports, int devfn,
-                       qemu_irq irq, int be)
+                       qemu_irq irq)
 {
     OHCIState *ohci = (OHCIState *)qemu_mallocz(sizeof(OHCIState));
 
     usb_ohci_init(ohci, NULL /* FIXME */, num_ports, devfn, irq,
-                  OHCI_TYPE_PXA, "OHCI USB", 0, be);
+                  OHCI_TYPE_PXA, "OHCI USB", 0);
 
     cpu_register_physical_memory(base, 0x1000, ohci->mem);
 }
 
 void usb_ohci_init_sm501(uint32_t mmio_base, uint32_t localmem_base,
-                         int num_ports, int devfn, qemu_irq irq, int be)
+                         int num_ports, int devfn, qemu_irq irq)
 {
     OHCIState *ohci = (OHCIState *)qemu_mallocz(sizeof(OHCIState));
 
     usb_ohci_init(ohci, NULL /* FIXME */, num_ports, devfn, irq,
-                  OHCI_TYPE_SM501, "OHCI USB", localmem_base, be);
+                  OHCI_TYPE_SM501, "OHCI USB", localmem_base);
 
     cpu_register_physical_memory(mmio_base, 0x1000, ohci->mem);
 }
@@ -1798,10 +1768,6 @@ static PCIDeviceInfo ohci_info = {
     .qdev.desc    = "Apple USB Controller",
     .qdev.size    = sizeof(OHCIPCIState),
     .init         = usb_ohci_initfn_pci,
-    .qdev.props   = (Property[]) {
-        DEFINE_PROP_HEX32("be", OHCIPCIState, be, 0),
-        DEFINE_PROP_END_OF_LIST(),
-    }
 };
 
 static void ohci_register(void)
diff --git a/hw/usb-ohci.h b/hw/usb-ohci.h
index aadc365160..eefcef3602 100644
--- a/hw/usb-ohci.h
+++ b/hw/usb-ohci.h
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "qemu-common.h"
 
-void usb_ohci_init_pci(struct PCIBus *bus, int devfn, int be);
-void usb_ohci_init_pxa(target_phys_addr_t base, int num_ports, int devfn,
-                       qemu_irq irq, int be);
+void usb_ohci_init_pci(struct PCIBus *bus, int devfn);
+
 #endif
 
diff --git a/hw/versatilepb.c b/hw/versatilepb.c
index a962106976..391f5b88c6 100644
--- a/hw/versatilepb.c
+++ b/hw/versatilepb.c
@@ -218,11 +218,7 @@ static void versatile_init(ram_addr_t ram_size,
         }
     }
     if (usb_enabled) {
-#ifdef TARGET_WORDS_BIGENDIAN
-        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 1);
-#else
-        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1, 0);
-#endif
+        usb_ohci_init_pci(pci_bus, -1);
     }
     n = drive_get_max_bus(IF_SCSI);
     while (n >= 0) {