diff --git a/src/utils/bit_reader.c b/src/utils/bit_reader.c
index 453fe966..2b98d087 100644
--- a/src/utils/bit_reader.c
+++ b/src/utils/bit_reader.c
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ int32_t VP8GetSignedValue(VP8BitReader* const br, int bits) {
 
 #define VP8L_LOG8_WBITS 4  // Number of bytes needed to store VP8L_WBITS bits.
 
-#if !defined(WEBP_FORCE_ALIGNED) && \
+#if !defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN) && \
     (defined(__arm__) || defined(_M_ARM) || defined(__aarch64__) || \
      defined(__i386__) || defined(_M_IX86) || \
      defined(__x86_64__) || defined(_M_X64))
-#define VP8L_USE_UNALIGNED_LOAD
+#define VP8L_USE_FAST_LOAD
 #endif
 
 static const uint32_t kBitMask[VP8L_MAX_NUM_BIT_READ + 1] = {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static void ShiftBytes(VP8LBitReader* const br) {
 
 void VP8LDoFillBitWindow(VP8LBitReader* const br) {
   assert(br->bit_pos_ >= VP8L_WBITS);
-#if defined(VP8L_USE_UNALIGNED_LOAD)
+#if defined(VP8L_USE_FAST_LOAD)
   if (br->pos_ + sizeof(br->val_) < br->len_) {
     br->val_ >>= VP8L_WBITS;
     br->bit_pos_ -= VP8L_WBITS;