diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/Edje.h b/legacy/edje/src/lib/Edje.h
index ee48ba07bd..3c4246018e 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/Edje.h
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/Edje.h
@@ -260,14 +260,8 @@ struct _Edje_External_Param
 typedef struct _Edje_External_Param Edje_External_Param;
 
 #ifndef NAN
-# include <endian.h>
-# if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
-#  define __nan_bytes { 0x7f, 0xc0, 0, 0 }
-# elif __BYTE_ORDER == __LITLE_ENDIAN
-#  define __nan_bytes { 0, 0, 0xc0, 0x7f }
-# endif
-static union { unsigned char __c[4]; float __d; } __nan_union = { __nan_bytes };
-# define NAN (__nan_union.d)
+extern float *_edje_const_nan;
+#define NAN (*_edje_const_nan)
 #endif
 
 #define EDJE_EXTERNAL_INT_UNSET INT32_MAX
diff --git a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c
index 5540352ee5..1704e229be 100644
--- a/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c
+++ b/legacy/edje/src/lib/edje_main.c
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 
 #include "edje_private.h"
 
+static const unsigned int _edje_conte_nan_int = 0x7fc00000;
+float *_edje_const_nan = (float *)(&(_edje_conte_nan_int));
+
 static int _edje_init_count = 0;
 static int _edje_log_dom_global = -1;
 Eina_Mempool *_edje_real_part_mp = NULL;