diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h b/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
index bf83d67..19e4a3d 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/msgb.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/linuxlist.h>
 #include <osmocom/core/utils.h>
+#include <osmocom/core/bits.h>
 
 /*! \defgroup msgb Message buffers
  *  @{
@@ -204,8 +205,7 @@
 static inline void msgb_put_u16(struct msgb *msgb, uint16_t word)
 {
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_put(msgb, 2);
-	space[0] = word >> 8 & 0xFF;
-	space[1] = word & 0xFF;
+	osmo_store16be(word, space);
 }
 
 /*! \brief append a uint32 value to the end of the message
@@ -215,10 +215,7 @@
 static inline void msgb_put_u32(struct msgb *msgb, uint32_t word)
 {
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_put(msgb, 4);
-	space[0] = word >> 24 & 0xFF;
-	space[1] = word >> 16 & 0xFF;
-	space[2] = word >> 8 & 0xFF;
-	space[3] = word & 0xFF;
+	osmo_store32be(word, space);
 }
 
 /*! \brief remove data from end of message
@@ -235,6 +232,7 @@
 	msgb->len -= len;
 	return tmp;
 }
+
 /*! \brief remove uint8 from end of message
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \returns 8bit value taken from end of msgb
@@ -244,6 +242,7 @@
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_get(msgb, 1);
 	return space[0];
 }
+
 /*! \brief remove uint16 from end of message
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \returns 16bit value taken from end of msgb
@@ -251,8 +250,9 @@
 static inline uint16_t msgb_get_u16(struct msgb *msgb)
 {
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_get(msgb, 2);
-	return space[0] << 8 | space[1];
+	return osmo_load16be(space);
 }
+
 /*! \brief remove uint32 from end of message
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \returns 32bit value taken from end of msgb
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@
 static inline uint32_t msgb_get_u32(struct msgb *msgb)
 {
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_get(msgb, 4);
-	return space[0] << 24 | space[1] << 16 | space[2] << 8 | space[3];
+	return osmo_load32be(space);
 }
 
 /*! \brief prepend (push) some data to start of message
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@
 	msgb->len += len;
 	return msgb->data;
 }
+
 /*! \brief remove (pull) a header from the front of the message buffer
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \param[in] len number of octets to be pulled
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_pull(msgb, 1) - 1;
 	return space[0];
 }
+
 /*! \brief remove uint16 from front of message
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \returns 16bit value taken from end of msgb
@@ -330,8 +332,9 @@
 static inline uint16_t msgb_pull_u16(struct msgb *msgb)
 {
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_pull(msgb, 2) - 2;
-	return space[0] << 8 | space[1];
+	return osmo_load16be(space);
 }
+
 /*! \brief remove uint32 from front of message
  *  \param[in] msgb message buffer
  *  \returns 32bit value taken from end of msgb
@@ -339,7 +342,7 @@
 static inline uint32_t msgb_pull_u32(struct msgb *msgb)
 {
 	uint8_t *space = msgb_pull(msgb, 4) - 4;
-	return space[0] << 24 | space[1] << 16 | space[2] << 8 | space[3];
+	return osmo_load32be(space);
 }
 
 /*! \brief Increase headroom of empty msgb, reducing the tailroom