diff --git a/include/binary.h b/include/binary.h
index bd20e3d..94f0e95 100644
--- a/include/binary.h
+++ b/include/binary.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 #  define be16toh(x) ntohs(x)
 #  define be32toh(x) ntohl(x)
 #  define be64toh(x) ntohll(x)
-#  define htobe16(x) ntohs(x)
+#  define htobe16(x) htons(x)
 #  define htobe32(x) htonl(x)
 #  define htobe64(x) htonll(x)
 #endif
@@ -114,4 +114,4 @@
 #  define likely(x)      __builtin_expect(!!(x), 1)
 #  define unlikely(x)    __builtin_expect(!!(x), 0)
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif