diff --git a/tensorflow/core/kernels/decode_raw_op.cc b/tensorflow/core/kernels/decode_raw_op.cc
index 280c2dc71c3..4247abcd710 100644
--- a/tensorflow/core/kernels/decode_raw_op.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/core/kernels/decode_raw_op.cc
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ class DecodeRawOp : public OpKernel {
         context, context->allocate_output("output", out_shape, &output_tensor));
     auto out = output_tensor->flat_inner_dims<T>();
     DCHECK_EQ(flat_in.size(), out.dimensions()[0]);
-    OP_REQUIRES(
-        context,
-        little_endian_ == ::tensorflow::port::kLittleEndian || sizeof(T) == 1,
-        errors::Unimplemented("Unimplemented support for little_endian=",
-                              little_endian_ ? "true" : "false"));
-    // Endianness matches, so just copy each string byte-for-byte.
     T* out_data = out.data();
     for (int64 i = 0; i < flat_in.size(); ++i) {
       const T* in_data = reinterpret_cast<const T*>(flat_in(i).data());
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/decode_raw_op_test.py b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/decode_raw_op_test.py
index 472808c8f9c..cd7216c5279 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/decode_raw_op_test.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/kernel_tests/decode_raw_op_test.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 import numpy as np
+import sys
 
 from tensorflow.python.framework import dtypes
 from tensorflow.python.ops import array_ops
@@ -53,8 +54,12 @@ class DecodeRawOpTest(test.TestCase):
       self.assertEqual([None, None], decode.get_shape().as_list())
 
       result = decode.eval(feed_dict={in_bytes: ["AaBC"]})
-      self.assertAllEqual(
-          [[ord("A") + ord("a") * 256, ord("B") + ord("C") * 256]], result)
+      if sys.byteorder == "big":
+        self.assertAllEqual(
+            [[ord("A") * 256 + ord("a"), ord("B") * 256 + ord("C")]], result)
+      else:
+        self.assertAllEqual(
+            [[ord("A") + ord("a") * 256, ord("B") + ord("C") * 256]], result)
 
       with self.assertRaisesOpError(
           "Input to DecodeRaw has length 3 that is not a multiple of 2, the "