diff --git a/src/ziplist.c b/src/ziplist.c
index 85cb50991..aae86c1f2 100644
--- a/src/ziplist.c
+++ b/src/ziplist.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@
  * to stay there to signal that a full scan is needed to get the number of
  * items inside the ziplist. */
 #define ZIPLIST_INCR_LENGTH(zl,incr) { \
-    if (ZIPLIST_LENGTH(zl) < UINT16_MAX) \
+    if (intrev16ifbe(ZIPLIST_LENGTH(zl)) < UINT16_MAX) \
         ZIPLIST_LENGTH(zl) = intrev16ifbe(intrev16ifbe(ZIPLIST_LENGTH(zl))+incr); \
 }