diff --git a/fs/cramfs/inode.c b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
index 3d194a2..5c817bd 100644
--- a/fs/cramfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/cramfs/inode.c
@@ -258,12 +258,21 @@
 
 	/* Do sanity checks on the superblock */
 	if (super.magic != CRAMFS_MAGIC) {
+		/* check for wrong endianess */
+		if (super.magic == CRAMFS_MAGIC_WEND) {
+			if (!silent)
+				printk(KERN_ERR "cramfs: wrong endianess\n");
+			goto out;
+		}
+
 		/* check at 512 byte offset */
 		mutex_lock(&read_mutex);
 		memcpy(&super, cramfs_read(sb, 512, sizeof(super)), sizeof(super));
 		mutex_unlock(&read_mutex);
 		if (super.magic != CRAMFS_MAGIC) {
-			if (!silent)
+			if (super.magic == CRAMFS_MAGIC_WEND && !silent)
+				printk(KERN_ERR "cramfs: wrong endianess\n");
+			else if (!silent)
 				printk(KERN_ERR "cramfs: wrong magic\n");
 			goto out;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/cramfs_fs.h b/include/linux/cramfs_fs.h
index 1dba681..3be4e5a2 100644
--- a/include/linux/cramfs_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/cramfs_fs.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 #define CRAMFS_MAGIC		0x28cd3d45	/* some random number */
+#define CRAMFS_MAGIC_WEND	0x453dcd28	/* magic number with the wrong endianess */
 #define CRAMFS_SIGNATURE	"Compressed ROMFS"
 
 /*