diff --git a/dtc.h b/dtc.h
index 6e74ece..a08f415 100644
--- a/dtc.h
+++ b/dtc.h
@@ -51,6 +51,37 @@ extern int annotate;		/* annotate .dts with input source location */
 
 typedef uint32_t cell_t;
 
+static inline uint16_t dtb_ld16(const void *p)
+{
+	const uint8_t *bp = (const uint8_t *)p;
+
+	return ((uint16_t)bp[0] << 8)
+		| bp[1];
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t dtb_ld32(const void *p)
+{
+	const uint8_t *bp = (const uint8_t *)p;
+
+	return ((uint32_t)bp[0] << 24)
+		| ((uint32_t)bp[1] << 16)
+		| ((uint32_t)bp[2] << 8)
+		| bp[3];
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t dtb_ld64(const void *p)
+{
+	const uint8_t *bp = (const uint8_t *)p;
+
+	return ((uint64_t)bp[0] << 56)
+		| ((uint64_t)bp[1] << 48)
+		| ((uint64_t)bp[2] << 40)
+		| ((uint64_t)bp[3] << 32)
+		| ((uint64_t)bp[4] << 24)
+		| ((uint64_t)bp[5] << 16)
+		| ((uint64_t)bp[6] << 8)
+		| bp[7];
+}
 
 #define streq(a, b)	(strcmp((a), (b)) == 0)
 #define strstarts(s, prefix)	(strncmp((s), (prefix), strlen(prefix)) == 0)
diff --git a/flattree.c b/flattree.c
index bd6977e..07f10d2 100644
--- a/flattree.c
+++ b/flattree.c
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ static void asm_emit_data(void *e, struct data d)
 		emit_offset_label(f, m->ref, m->offset);
 
 	while ((d.len - off) >= sizeof(uint32_t)) {
-		asm_emit_cell(e, fdt32_to_cpu(*((fdt32_t *)(d.val+off))));
+		asm_emit_cell(e, dtb_ld32(d.val + off));
 		off += sizeof(uint32_t);
 	}
 
diff --git a/treesource.c b/treesource.c
index c9d980c..2acb920 100644
--- a/treesource.c
+++ b/treesource.c
@@ -110,13 +110,13 @@ static void write_propval_int(FILE *f, const char *p, size_t len, size_t width)
 			fprintf(f, "%02"PRIx8, *(const uint8_t*)p);
 			break;
 		case 2:
-			fprintf(f, "0x%02"PRIx16, fdt16_to_cpu(*(const fdt16_t*)p));
+			fprintf(f, "0x%02"PRIx16, dtb_ld16(p));
 			break;
 		case 4:
-			fprintf(f, "0x%02"PRIx32, fdt32_to_cpu(*(const fdt32_t*)p));
+			fprintf(f, "0x%02"PRIx32, dtb_ld32(p));
 			break;
 		case 8:
-			fprintf(f, "0x%02"PRIx64, fdt64_to_cpu(*(const fdt64_t*)p));
+			fprintf(f, "0x%02"PRIx64, dtb_ld64(p));
 			break;
 		}
 		if (p + width < end)
diff --git a/yamltree.c b/yamltree.c
index 5b6ea8e..4e93c12 100644
--- a/yamltree.c
+++ b/yamltree.c
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ static void yaml_propval_int(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, struct marker *markers, ch
 			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx8, *(uint8_t*)(data + off));
 			break;
 		case 2:
-			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx16, fdt16_to_cpu(*(fdt16_t*)(data + off)));
+			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx16, dtb_ld16(data + off));
 			break;
 		case 4:
-			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx32, fdt32_to_cpu(*(fdt32_t*)(data + off)));
+			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx32, dtb_ld32(data + off));
 			m = markers;
 			is_phandle = false;
 			for_each_marker_of_type(m, REF_PHANDLE) {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void yaml_propval_int(yaml_emitter_t *emitter, struct marker *markers, ch
 			}
 			break;
 		case 8:
-			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx64, fdt64_to_cpu(*(fdt64_t*)(data + off)));
+			sprintf(buf, "0x%"PRIx64, dtb_ld64(data + off));
 			break;
 		}