diff --git a/hw/char/riscv_htif.c b/hw/char/riscv_htif.c
index f96df40124..40de6b8b77 100644
--- a/hw/char/riscv_htif.c
+++ b/hw/char/riscv_htif.c
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "qemu/timer.h"
 #include "qemu/error-report.h"
 #include "exec/address-spaces.h"
+#include "exec/tswap.h"
 #include "sysemu/dma.h"
 
 #define RISCV_DEBUG_HTIF 0
@@ -209,11 +210,11 @@ static void htif_handle_tohost_write(HTIFState *s, uint64_t val_written)
             } else {
                 uint64_t syscall[8];
                 cpu_physical_memory_read(payload, syscall, sizeof(syscall));
-                if (syscall[0] == PK_SYS_WRITE &&
-                    syscall[1] == HTIF_DEV_CONSOLE &&
-                    syscall[3] == HTIF_CONSOLE_CMD_PUTC) {
+                if (tswap64(syscall[0]) == PK_SYS_WRITE &&
+                    tswap64(syscall[1]) == HTIF_DEV_CONSOLE &&
+                    tswap64(syscall[3]) == HTIF_CONSOLE_CMD_PUTC) {
                     uint8_t ch;
-                    cpu_physical_memory_read(syscall[2], &ch, 1);
+                    cpu_physical_memory_read(tswap64(syscall[2]), &ch, 1);
                     qemu_chr_fe_write(&s->chr, &ch, 1);
                     resp = 0x100 | (uint8_t)payload;
                 } else {