diff --git a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
index 458df922bd..5a50b75830 100644
--- a/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
+++ b/gst/wavenc/gstwavenc.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ GST_PAD_TEMPLATE_FACTORY (sink_factory,
     "audio/raw",
       "format",   GST_PROPS_STRING ("int"),
       "law",         GST_PROPS_INT (0),
-      "endianness",  GST_PROPS_INT (G_BYTE_ORDER),
+      "endianness",  GST_PROPS_INT (G_LITTLE_ENDIAN),
       "signed",      GST_PROPS_BOOLEAN (TRUE),
       "width",       GST_PROPS_INT (16),
       "depth",       GST_PROPS_INT (16),