diff --git a/src/rembhandler.cpp b/src/rembhandler.cpp
index 9eaad9f71..17738194d 100644
--- a/src/rembhandler.cpp
+++ b/src/rembhandler.cpp
@@ -17,11 +17,18 @@
 
 #if RTC_ENABLE_MEDIA
 
+static inline uint32_t makeEndianAgnosticValue(uint32_t value) {
+	return ((uint8_t *)&value)[0] | (((uint8_t *)&value)[1] << 8) | (((uint8_t *)&value)[2] << 16) |
+	       (((uint8_t *)&value)[3] << 24);
+}
+
 namespace rtc {
 
 RembHandler::RembHandler(std::function<void(unsigned int)> onRemb) : mOnRemb(onRemb) {}
 
 void RembHandler::incoming(message_vector &messages, [[maybe_unused]] const message_callback &send) {
+	static uint32_t rembValue = makeEndianAgnosticValue('BMER');
+
 	for (const auto &message : messages) {
 		size_t offset = 0;
 		while ((sizeof(RtcpHeader) + offset) <= message->size()) {
@@ -31,7 +38,7 @@ void RembHandler::incoming(message_vector &messages, [[maybe_unused]] const mess
 			if (payload_type == 206 && header->reportCount() == 15 && header->lengthInBytes() == sizeof(RtcpRemb)) {
 				auto remb = reinterpret_cast<RtcpRemb *>(message->data() + offset);
 
-				if (remb->_id[0] == 'R' && remb->_id[1] == 'E' && remb->_id[2] == 'M' && remb->_id[3] == 'B') {
+				if (*(reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t *>(&remb->_id)) == rembValue) {
 					mOnRemb(remb->getBitrate());
 					break;
 				}