diff --git a/libavdevice/alsa-audio.h b/libavdevice/alsa-audio.h
index a90d5e780a..949383157e 100644
--- a/libavdevice/alsa-audio.h
+++ b/libavdevice/alsa-audio.h
@@ -37,11 +37,7 @@
 /* XXX: we make the assumption that the soundcard accepts this format */
 /* XXX: find better solution with "preinit" method, needed also in
         other formats */
-#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
-#define DEFAULT_CODEC_ID CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE
-#else
-#define DEFAULT_CODEC_ID CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE
-#endif
+#define DEFAULT_CODEC_ID AV_NE(CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE, CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE)
 
 typedef struct {
     snd_pcm_t *h;
diff --git a/libavdevice/oss_audio.c b/libavdevice/oss_audio.c
index d382c0376e..9d007108e6 100644
--- a/libavdevice/oss_audio.c
+++ b/libavdevice/oss_audio.c
@@ -315,11 +315,7 @@ AVOutputFormat oss_muxer = {
     /* XXX: we make the assumption that the soundcard accepts this format */
     /* XXX: find better solution with "preinit" method, needed also in
        other formats */
-#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
-    CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE,
-#else
-    CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE,
-#endif
+    AV_NE(CODEC_ID_PCM_S16BE, CODEC_ID_PCM_S16LE),
     CODEC_ID_NONE,
     audio_write_header,
     audio_write_packet,
diff --git a/libavutil/avutil.h b/libavutil/avutil.h
index 50b29fc4a7..fdba9dee97 100644
--- a/libavutil/avutil.h
+++ b/libavutil/avutil.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 #define AV_VERSION(a, b, c) AV_VERSION_DOT(a, b, c)
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR 50
-#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 23
+#define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MINOR 24
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MICRO  0
 
 #define LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_INT   AV_VERSION_INT(LIBAVUTIL_VERSION_MAJOR, \
diff --git a/libavutil/common.h b/libavutil/common.h
index f9c03db559..e1b14dcc53 100644
--- a/libavutil/common.h
+++ b/libavutil/common.h
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include "attributes.h"
+#include "avconfig.h"
+
+#if AV_HAVE_BIGENDIAN
+#   define AV_NE(be, le) be
+#else
+#   define AV_NE(be, le) le
+#endif
 
 //rounded division & shift
 #define RSHIFT(a,b) ((a) > 0 ? ((a) + ((1<<(b))>>1))>>(b) : ((a) + ((1<<(b))>>1)-1)>>(b))