diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
index b574af1df..71fa6046b 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ class StringFormatData : public FormatData {
 
   void skip(int32_t count) {
     while (count-- > 0) {
-      if (!*input_) {
+      if (!get()) {
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -760,11 +760,11 @@ class WideStringFormatData : public FormatData {
     return xe::byte_swap(result);
   }
 
-  uint16_t peek(int32_t offset) { return input_[offset]; }
+  uint16_t peek(int32_t offset) { return xe::byte_swap(input_[offset]); }
 
   void skip(int32_t count) {
     while (count-- > 0) {
-      if (!*input_) {
+      if (!get()) {
         break;
       }
     }
@@ -794,11 +794,11 @@ class WideCountFormatData : public FormatData {
     return xe::byte_swap(result);
   }
 
-  uint16_t peek(int32_t offset) { return input_[offset]; }
+  uint16_t peek(int32_t offset) { return xe::byte_swap(input_[offset]); }
 
   void skip(int32_t count) {
     while (count-- > 0) {
-      if (!*input_) {
+      if (!get()) {
         break;
       }
     }