diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
index 830ca9c4494c..6413d9c0313b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/perf_counter.c
@@ -602,12 +602,13 @@ hw_perf_counter_init(struct perf_counter *counter)
 		return NULL;
 	if ((s64)counter->hw_event.irq_period < 0)
 		return NULL;
-	ev = counter->hw_event.event_id;
-	if (!counter->hw_event.raw) {
-		if (ev >= ppmu->n_generic ||
-		    ppmu->generic_events[ev] == 0)
+	if (!counter->hw_event.raw_type) {
+		ev = counter->hw_event.event_id;
+		if (ev >= ppmu->n_generic || ppmu->generic_events[ev] == 0)
 			return NULL;
 		ev = ppmu->generic_events[ev];
+	} else {
+		ev = counter->hw_event.raw_event_id;
 	}
 	counter->hw.config_base = ev;
 	counter->hw.idx = 0;
diff --git a/include/linux/perf_counter.h b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
index a4b76c0175f3..98f5990be1e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/perf_counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/perf_counter.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/ioctl.h>
+#include <asm/byteorder.h>
 
 /*
  * User-space ABI bits:
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ enum perf_counter_record_type {
  */
 struct perf_counter_hw_event {
 	union {
+#ifndef __BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD
 		struct {
 			__u64			event_id	: 56,
 						type		:  8;
@@ -94,6 +96,16 @@ struct perf_counter_hw_event {
 			__u64			raw_event_id	: 63,
 						raw_type	:  1;
 		};
+#else
+		struct {
+			__u64			type		:  8,
+						event_id	: 56;
+		};
+		struct {
+			__u64			raw_type	:  1,
+						raw_event_id	: 63;
+		};
+#endif /* __BIT_ENDIAN_BITFIELD */
 		__u64		event_config;
 	};