diff --git a/engines/ags/shared/util/multi_file_lib.cpp b/engines/ags/shared/util/multi_file_lib.cpp
index b4bc0f977f4..b4c0364ea95 100644
--- a/engines/ags/shared/util/multi_file_lib.cpp
+++ b/engines/ags/shared/util/multi_file_lib.cpp
@@ -402,9 +402,10 @@ int32_t MFLUtil::ReadEncInt32(Stream *in, int &rand_val) {
 	int val;
 	ReadEncArray(&val, sizeof(int32_t), 1, in, rand_val);
 #if AGS_PLATFORM_ENDIAN_BIG
-	AGS::Shared::BitByteOperations::SwapBytesInt32(val);
-#endif
+	return AGS::Shared::BitByteOperations::SwapBytesInt32(val);
+#else
 	return val;
+#endif
 }
 
 void MFLUtil::ReadEncString(char *buffer, size_t max_len, Stream *in, int &rand_val) {