diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/flt/HeaderRecord.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/flt/HeaderRecord.cpp
index e71bfeed6..e1de24d1e 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/flt/HeaderRecord.cpp
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/flt/HeaderRecord.cpp
@@ -98,7 +98,12 @@ void HeaderRecord::endian()
     // Numeric constant data sizes taken from OpenFlight spec
     memcpy( &(pHeader->RecHeader), src, 4 ); src += 4;
     memcpy( &(pHeader->szIdent), src, 8 ); src += 8;
+
+	// Be sure to swap revision level here, since we reference it to determine
+	//   which other fields to memcpy.
     memcpy( &(pHeader->diFormatRevLev), src, 4 ); src += 4;
+    ENDIAN( pHeader->diFormatRevLev );
+
     memcpy( &(pHeader->diDatabaseRevLev), src, 4 ); src += 4;
     memcpy( &(pHeader->szDaTimLastRev), src, 32 ); src += 32;
     memcpy( &(pHeader->iNextGroup), src, 2 ); src += 2;
@@ -181,7 +186,6 @@ void HeaderRecord::endian()
 
 
     // Proceed with byteswapping
-    ENDIAN( pHeader->diFormatRevLev );
     ENDIAN( pHeader->diDatabaseRevLev );
     ENDIAN( pHeader->iNextGroup );
     ENDIAN( pHeader->iNextLOD );