diff --git a/src/coding/gsm0503_coding.c b/src/coding/gsm0503_coding.c
index 163ce21..8480240 100644
--- a/src/coding/gsm0503_coding.c
+++ b/src/coding/gsm0503_coding.c
@@ -2879,7 +2879,7 @@
 
 	osmo_ubit2pbit_ext(ra, 0, conv, 0, nbits, 1);
 
-	return is_11bit ? osmo_load16le(ra) : ra[0];
+	return is_11bit ? ((ra[0] << 3) | (ra[1] & 0x07)) : ra[0];
 }
 
 /*! Decode the Extended (11-bit) RACH according to 3GPP TS 45.003
@@ -2974,7 +2974,8 @@
 	uint8_t ra[2] = { 0 }, nbits = 8;
 
 	if (is_11bit) {
-		osmo_store16le(ra11, ra);
+		ra[0] = (uint8_t) (ra11 >> 3);
+		ra[1] = (uint8_t) (ra11 & 0x07);
 		nbits = 11;
 	} else
 		ra[0] = (uint8_t)ra11;
diff --git a/tests/coding/coding_test.ok b/tests/coding/coding_test.ok
index 496ce89..3a4fbf2 100644
--- a/tests/coding/coding_test.ok
+++ b/tests/coding/coding_test.ok
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
 Decoded: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 0a 0b 0c 0d 0e 0f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 
 xcch_decode: n_errors=60 n_bits_total=456 ber=0.13
 
-Decoded RA11: 0x7cc
-Decoded RA11: 0x6cc
-Decoded RA11: 0x7cd
-Decoded RA11: 0x4cd
-Decoded RA11: 0x7cc
-Decoded RA11: 0x6ce
+Decoded RA11: 0x667
+Decoded RA11: 0x666
+Decoded RA11: 0x66f
+Decoded RA11: 0x66c
+Decoded RA11: 0x667
+Decoded RA11: 0x676
 
 Encoding: 03 03 01 00 
 U-Bits: 111001110011000011100111001100001101001111000000000011010000011010110111111100