diff --git a/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_context.cc b/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_context.cc
index 4143d21a6..cca51098d 100644
--- a/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_context.cc
+++ b/src/xenia/cpu/ppc/ppc_context.cc
@@ -22,12 +22,19 @@ namespace ppc {
 uint64_t PPCContext::cr() const {
   uint64_t final_bits = 0;
   for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i) {
-    uint32_t crf = *(&cr0.value + i);
-    uint64_t bits = (crf & 0x1) << (4 * (7 - i) + 3) |
-                    ((crf >> 8) & 0x1) << (4 * (7 - i) + 2) |
-                    ((crf >> 16) & 0x1) << (4 * (7 - i) + 1) |
-                    ((crf >> 24) & 0x1) << (4 * (7 - i) + 0);
-    final_bits |= bits << (i * 4);
+    union {
+      uint32_t value;
+      struct {
+        uint8_t lt;
+        uint8_t gt;
+        uint8_t eq;
+        uint8_t so;
+      };
+    } crf;
+    crf.value = *(&cr0.value + i);
+    uint64_t bits = (crf.lt & 0x1) << 3 | (crf.gt & 0x1) << 2 |
+                    (crf.eq & 0x1) << 1 | (crf.so & 0x1) << 0;
+    final_bits |= bits << ((7 - i) * 4);
   }
   return final_bits;
 }