diff --git a/toxcore/state.c b/toxcore/state.c
index aa01b32a09..29b4af88a3 100644
--- a/toxcore/state.c
+++ b/toxcore/state.c
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ uint16_t lendian_to_host16(uint16_t lendian)
 #endif
 }
 
+uint16_t host_tolendian16(uint16_t host)
+{
+    return lendian_to_host16(host);
+}
+
 void host_to_lendian32(uint8_t *dest,  uint32_t num)
 {
 #ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
diff --git a/toxcore/state.h b/toxcore/state.h
index 154478bf6e..2d1f62c36d 100644
--- a/toxcore/state.h
+++ b/toxcore/state.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ uint8_t *state_write_section_header(uint8_t *data, uint16_t cookie_type, uint32_
 // Utilities for state data serialisation.
 
 uint16_t lendian_to_host16(uint16_t lendian);
-#define host_tolendian16(x) lendian_to_host16(x)
+uint16_t host_tolendian16(uint16_t host);
 
 void host_to_lendian32(uint8_t *dest, uint32_t num);
 void lendian_to_host32(uint32_t *dest, const uint8_t *lendian);