diff -up cdparanoia-III-10.2/interface/interface.c.jx cdparanoia-III-10.2/interface/interface.c

--- cdparanoia-III-10.2/interface/interface.c.jx	2009-02-10 14:25:02.000000000 -0500

+++ cdparanoia-III-10.2/interface/interface.c	2009-02-10 14:25:49.000000000 -0500

@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ long cdda_read_timed(cdrom_drive *d, voi

       if(sectors>0){

 	/* byteswap? */

-	if(d->bigendianp==-1) /* not determined yet */

+	if(buffer && d->bigendianp==-1) /* not determined yet */

 	  d->bigendianp=data_bigendianp(d);

 	if(d->bigendianp!=bigendianp()){