diff --git a/pjmedia/src/pjmedia-codec/l16.c b/pjmedia/src/pjmedia-codec/l16.c
index df45604..0ccc930 100644
--- a/pjmedia/src/pjmedia-codec/l16.c
+++ b/pjmedia/src/pjmedia-codec/l16.c
@@ -564,6 +564,8 @@
 #if defined(PJ_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && PJ_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN!=0
     while (samp!=samp_end)
 	*samp_out++ = pj_htons(*samp++);
+#else
+    pjmedia_copy_samples(samp_out, samp, input->size >> 1);
 #endif
 
 
@@ -596,6 +598,8 @@
 #if defined(PJ_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && PJ_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN!=0
     while (samp!=samp_end)
 	*samp_out++ = pj_htons(*samp++);
+#else
+    pjmedia_copy_samples(samp_out, samp, input->size >> 1);
 #endif