Index: Objects/unicodeobject.c
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--- Objects/unicodeobject.c	(révision 68536)
+++ Objects/unicodeobject.c	(copie de travail)
@@ -2791,16 +2791,24 @@
                     _p[3] = 0;
 #endif
 #endif
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[1] = _q[0];
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[0] = _q[1];
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[1 + Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[2];
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[0 + Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[3];
+                    /* Issue #4916; UCS-4 builds on big endian machines must
+                       fill the two last bytes of each 4-byte unit. */
+#if (!defined(BYTEORDER_IS_LITTLE_ENDIAN) && Py_UNICODE_SIZE > 2)
+# define OFF 2
+#else
+# define OFF 0
+#endif
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 1] = _q[0];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 0] = _q[1];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 1 + Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[2];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 0 + Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[3];
 #if (SIZEOF_LONG == 8)
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[1 + 2 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[4];
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[0 + 2 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[5];
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[1 + 3 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[6];
-                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[0 + 3 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[7];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 1 + 2 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[4];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 0 + 2 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[5];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 1 + 3 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[6];
+                    ((unsigned char *) _p)[OFF + 0 + 3 * Py_UNICODE_SIZE] = _q[7];
 #endif
+#undef OFF
                     _q += SIZEOF_LONG;
                     _p += SIZEOF_LONG / 2;
                 }