diff --git a/src/fwrite_le.c b/src/fwrite_le.c
index 5ab9a1a..ee5ff12 100644
--- a/src/fwrite_le.c
+++ b/src/fwrite_le.c
@@ -49,9 +49,14 @@ size_t fwrite_le(void* ptr, size_t size, size_t count, FILE* stream) {
 		const size_t div_size = size >> 1; // divide by 2
 		for (size_t j = 0; j < div_size; j++) {
 			const size_t old_pos = i + j, new_pos = i + size - j - 1;
+#if FWRITE_LE_NO_MODIFICATION
+			bytes[old_pos] = ptr[new_pos];
+			bytes[new_pos] = ptr[old_pos];
+#else
 			uint8_t temp = bytes[old_pos];
 			bytes[old_pos] = bytes[new_pos];
 			bytes[new_pos] = temp;
+#endif
 		}
 	}