diff --git a/pdfio-dict.c b/pdfio-dict.c
index ee635ae..f8aadc6 100644
--- a/pdfio-dict.c
+++ b/pdfio-dict.c
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ pdfioDictGetString(pdfio_dict_t *dict,	// I - Dictionary
 
       *tempptr = '\0';
     }
-    else if (!(value->value.binary.datalen & 1) && !memcmp(value->value.binary.data, "\376\377", 2))
+    else if (!(value->value.binary.datalen & 1) && !memcmp(value->value.binary.data, "\377\376", 2))
     {
       // Copy UTF-16 LE
       int	ch;			// Unicode character