diff --git a/target/ppc/arch_dump.c b/target/ppc/arch_dump.c
index bb392f6d888559994090778ed296f611f6a9293f..12cde198a3153f7629a893a29c4edcbc509e6d17 100644
--- a/target/ppc/arch_dump.c
+++ b/target/ppc/arch_dump.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ int cpu_get_dump_info(ArchDumpInfo *info,
     info->d_machine = PPC_ELF_MACHINE;
     info->d_class = ELFCLASS;
 
-    if (ppc_interrupts_little_endian(cpu)) {
+    if (ppc_interrupts_little_endian(cpu, false)) {
         info->d_endian = ELFDATA2LSB;
     } else {
         info->d_endian = ELFDATA2MSB;
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
index f20d4ffa6d326fc8461279a628add51bf6e1bfea..a6fc857ad4c236e2123650e087b60d147fc31c0c 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
@@ -2728,20 +2728,27 @@ static inline bool ppc_has_spr(PowerPCCPU *cpu, int spr)
     return cpu->env.spr_cb[spr].name != NULL;
 }
 
-static inline bool ppc_interrupts_little_endian(PowerPCCPU *cpu)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+static inline bool ppc_interrupts_little_endian(PowerPCCPU *cpu, bool hv)
 {
     PowerPCCPUClass *pcc = POWERPC_CPU_GET_CLASS(cpu);
+    CPUPPCState *env = &cpu->env;
+    bool ile = false;
+
+    if (hv && env->has_hv_mode) {
+        if (is_isa300(pcc)) {
+            ile = !!(env->spr[SPR_HID0] & HID0_POWER9_HILE);
+        } else {
+            ile = !!(env->spr[SPR_HID0] & HID0_HILE);
+        }
 
-    /*
-     * Only models that have an LPCR and know about LPCR_ILE can do little
-     * endian.
-     */
-    if (pcc->lpcr_mask & LPCR_ILE) {
-        return !!(cpu->env.spr[SPR_LPCR] & LPCR_ILE);
+    } else if (pcc->lpcr_mask & LPCR_ILE) {
+        ile = !!(env->spr[SPR_LPCR] & LPCR_ILE);
     }
 
-    return false;
+    return ile;
 }
+#endif
 
 void dump_mmu(CPUPPCState *env);
 
diff --git a/target/ppc/excp_helper.c b/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
index a52340ac0a468a4cbd9a85f4f2c9a87080b83916..3a430f23d6f368bb024fc6015787da5f0f4a03fc 100644
--- a/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
+++ b/target/ppc/excp_helper.c
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ void ppc_cpu_do_fwnmi_machine_check(CPUState *cs, target_ulong vector)
      */
     msr = (1ULL << MSR_ME);
     msr |= env->msr & (1ULL << MSR_SF);
-    if (ppc_interrupts_little_endian(cpu)) {
+    if (ppc_interrupts_little_endian(cpu, false)) {
         msr |= (1ULL << MSR_LE);
     }