diff --git a/libavcodec/pnmdec.c b/libavcodec/pnmdec.c
index 2c98e26934..b625d8d3c4 100644
--- a/libavcodec/pnmdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/pnmdec.c
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ static int pnm_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
             } else if (upgrade == 2) {
                 unsigned int j, v, f = (65535 * 32768 + s->maxval / 2) / s->maxval;
                 for (j = 0; j < n / 2; j++) {
-                    v = av_be2ne16(((uint16_t *)s->bytestream)[j]);
+                    v = AV_RB16(s->bytestream + 2*j);
                     ((uint16_t *)ptr)[j] = (v * f + 16384) >> 15;
                 }
             }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int pnm_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
                 return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             for (i = 0; i < avctx->height; i++) {
                 for (j = 0; j < n / 2; j++) {
-                    v = av_be2ne16(((uint16_t *)s->bytestream)[j]);
+                    v = AV_RB16(s->bytestream + 2*j);
                     ((uint16_t *)ptr)[j] = (v * f + 16384) >> 15;
                 }
                 s->bytestream += n;
@@ -238,13 +238,13 @@ static int pnm_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, void *data,
             h = avctx->height >> 1;
             for (i = 0; i < h; i++) {
                 for (j = 0; j < n / 2; j++) {
-                    v = av_be2ne16(((uint16_t *)s->bytestream)[j]);
+                    v = AV_RB16(s->bytestream + 2*j);
                     ptr1[j] = (v * f + 16384) >> 15;
                 }
                 s->bytestream += n;
 
                 for (j = 0; j < n / 2; j++) {
-                    v = av_be2ne16(((uint16_t *)s->bytestream)[j]);
+                    v = AV_RB16(s->bytestream + 2*j);
                     ptr2[j] = (v * f + 16384) >> 15;
                 }
                 s->bytestream += n;