diff --git a/desmume/src/saves.cpp b/desmume/src/saves.cpp
index d8a71c77d..9975a8c9b 100644
--- a/desmume/src/saves.cpp
+++ b/desmume/src/saves.cpp
@@ -386,6 +386,29 @@ SFORMAT reserveChunks[] = {
 	{ 0 }
 };
 
+#ifdef MSB_FIRST
+/* endian-flips count bytes.  count should be even and nonzero. */
+static INLINE void FlipByteOrder(u8 *src, u32 count)
+{
+	u8 *start=src;
+	u8 *end=src+count-1;
+
+	if((count&1) || !count)
+      return;         /* This shouldn't happen. */
+
+	while(count--)
+	{
+		u8 tmp;
+
+		tmp=*end;
+		*end=*start;
+		*start=tmp;
+		end--;
+		start++;
+	}
+}
+#endif
+
 static bool s_slot1_loadstate(EMUFILE* is, int size)
 {
 	u32 version = is->read32le();
diff --git a/desmume/src/types.h b/desmume/src/types.h
index 1cfd8a95e..4c784b760 100644
--- a/desmume/src/types.h
+++ b/desmume/src/types.h
@@ -294,28 +294,6 @@ typedef enum
 	ARM7 = 1
 } cpu_id_t;
 
-///endian-flips count bytes.  count should be even and nonzero.
-inline void FlipByteOrder(u8 *src, u32 count)
-{
-	u8 *start=src;
-	u8 *end=src+count-1;
-
-	if((count&1) || !count)        return;         /* This shouldn't happen. */
-
-	while(count--)
-	{
-		u8 tmp;
-
-		tmp=*end;
-		*end=*start;
-		*start=tmp;
-		end--;
-		start++;
-	}
-}
-
-
-
 inline u64 double_to_u64(double d) {
 	union {
 		u64 a;