diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8e22acc560..432207a3be 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2004-07-25  Sebastien Cote  <sc5@hermes.usherb.ca>
+
+	reviewed by Benjamin Otte  <otte@gnome.org>
+
+	* ext/mad/gstmad.c:
+	  fix mad plugin crashing on Sun (fixes #148289)
+
 2004-07-25  Steve Lhomme  <steve.lhomme@free.fr>
 	* gst/avi/avi.def:
 	* gst/avi/avi.vcproj:
diff --git a/ext/mad/gstmad.c b/ext/mad/gstmad.c
index 1fd263eed2..43d05445b4 100644
--- a/ext/mad/gstmad.c
+++ b/ext/mad/gstmad.c
@@ -982,7 +982,7 @@ gst_mad_check_restart (GstMad * mad)
  * This code has been kindly relicensed to LGPL by Thibaut Mattern and 
  * Bastien Nocera
  */
-#define BE_32(x) GINT32_FROM_BE(*(gint*)(x))
+#define BE_32(x) GST_READ_UINT32_BE(x)
 
 #define FOURCC_TAG( ch0, ch1, ch2, ch3 )		\
 	( (long)(unsigned char)(ch3) |			\