1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index 272bbd1e76..46b2e8cf17 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_INFINITY
-#elif BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#elif !defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN) /* BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN */
 const unsigned char rb_infinity[] = "\x00\x00\x80\x7f";
 #else
 const unsigned char rb_infinity[] = "\x7f\x80\x00\x00";
 #endif
 
 #ifdef HAVE_NAN
-#elif BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN
+#elif !defined(WORDS_BIGENDIAN) /* BYTE_ORDER == LITTLE_ENDIAN */
 const unsigned char rb_nan[] = "\x00\x00\xc0\x7f";
 #else
 const unsigned char rb_nan[] = "\x7f\xc0\x00\x00";