diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/io.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/io.h
index a34b2994937ab2e4323de0308ab8a630729dcf70..f6902cf3cbe997f5c66ec750e1ebafcfdc2e9f5b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/io.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/io.h
@@ -5,4 +5,17 @@
 #else
 #include <asm/io_32.h>
 #endif
+
+/*
+ * Defines used for both SPARC32 and SPARC64
+ */
+
+/* Big endian versions of memory read/write routines */
+#define readb_be(__addr)	__raw_readb(__addr)
+#define readw_be(__addr)	__raw_readw(__addr)
+#define readl_be(__addr)	__raw_readl(__addr)
+#define writeb_be(__b, __addr)	__raw_writeb(__b, __addr)
+#define writel_be(__w, __addr)	__raw_writel(__w, __addr)
+#define writew_be(__l, __addr)	__raw_writew(__l, __addr)
+
 #endif