diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a89f7cfcdf..c648b8030d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2008-08-27  Michael Smith <msmith@songbirdnest.com>
+
+	* gst/aiffparse/aiffparse.c:
+	  Read size of chunks preceeding the audio data with the
+	  correct endianness. Fixes playback of some files.
+	  Fixes #538500
+
 2008-08-27  Michael Smith <msmith@songbirdnest.com>
 
 	* configure.ac:
diff --git a/gst/aiffparse/aiffparse.c b/gst/aiffparse/aiffparse.c
index 7616109ae1..f1ba94ac2f 100644
--- a/gst/aiffparse/aiffparse.c
+++ b/gst/aiffparse/aiffparse.c
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ gst_aiffparse_stream_headers (AIFFParse * aiff)
                   &buf)) != GST_FLOW_OK)
         goto header_read_error;
       tag = GST_READ_UINT32_LE (GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf));
-      size = GST_READ_UINT32_LE (GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf) + 4);
+      size = GST_READ_UINT32_BE (GST_BUFFER_DATA (buf) + 4);
     }
 
     GST_INFO_OBJECT (aiff,