1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext_attr.c b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext_attr.c
index 17610a914..ca9f9e20c 100644
--- a/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext_attr.c
+++ b/e2fsprogs/ext2fs/ext_attr.c
@@ -41,16 +41,14 @@ errcode_t ext2fs_write_ext_attr(ext2_filsys fs, blk_t block, void *inbuf)
         char            *write_buf;
         char            *buf = NULL;
 
-#if BB_BIG_ENDIAN
-        if ((fs->flags & EXT2_FLAG_SWAP_BYTES) ||
-            (fs->flags & EXT2_FLAG_SWAP_BYTES_WRITE)) {
+        if (BB_BIG_ENDIAN && ((fs->flags & EXT2_FLAG_SWAP_BYTES) ||
+            (fs->flags & EXT2_FLAG_SWAP_BYTES_WRITE))) {
                 retval = ext2fs_get_mem(fs->blocksize, &buf);
                 if (retval)
                         return retval;
                 write_buf = buf;
                 ext2fs_swap_ext_attr(buf, inbuf, fs->blocksize, 1);
         } else
-#endif
                 write_buf = (char *) inbuf;
         retval = io_channel_write_blk(fs->io, block, 1, write_buf);
         if (buf)