diff --git a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl_strings.cc b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
index 78cbb388b..ee823aef6 100644
--- a/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/kernel/xboxkrnl_strings.cc
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ public:
     if (result) {
       input_++;
     }
-    return result;
+    return xe::byte_swap(result);
   }
 
   uint16_t peek(int32_t offset) {
@@ -787,7 +787,7 @@ public:
     if (result) {
       input_++;
     }
-    return result;
+    return xe::byte_swap(result);
   }
 
   uint16_t peek(int32_t offset) {