diff --git a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
index 8693a8f67b..b8779e0c4c 100644
--- a/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/image_types.bbclass
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ IMAGE_CMD_ubifs = "mkfs.ubifs -r ${IMAGE_ROOTFS} -o ${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/${IMAGE_
 EXTRA_IMAGECMD = ""
 
 inherit siteinfo
-JFFS2_ENDIANNESS ?= "${@base_conditional('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', 'le', '--little-endian', '--big-endian', d)}"
+JFFS2_ENDIANNESS ?= "${@base_conditional('SITEINFO_ENDIANNESS', 'le', '-l', '-b', d)}"
 JFFS2_ERASEBLOCK ?= "0x40000"
 EXTRA_IMAGECMD_jffs2 ?= "--pad ${JFFS2_ENDIANNESS} --eraseblock=${JFFS2_ERASEBLOCK} --no-cleanmarkers"