diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 341b58902ff..0b94d2fa3a8 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
 cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
+	"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),64,32)" \
 	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
index 9cf0a6fad6b..ab368e8a007 100755
--- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
@@ -113,13 +113,13 @@ $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
 my $V = '0.1';
 
-if ($#ARGV != 10) {
-	print "usage: $P arch bits objdump objcopy cc ld nm rm mv is_module inputfile\n";
+if ($#ARGV != 11) {
+	print "usage: $P arch endian bits objdump objcopy cc ld nm rm mv is_module inputfile\n";
 	print "version: $V\n";
 	exit(1);
 }
 
-my ($arch, $bits, $objdump, $objcopy, $cc,
+my ($arch, $endian, $bits, $objdump, $objcopy, $cc,
     $ld, $nm, $rm, $mv, $is_module, $inputfile) = @ARGV;
 
 # This file refers to mcount and shouldn't be ftraced, so lets' ignore it