diff --git a/src/hash.cpp b/src/hash.cpp
index b54214f8ff1c9..b9d1ef76ad93f 100644
--- a/src/hash.cpp
+++ b/src/hash.cpp
@@ -71,9 +71,6 @@ unsigned int MurmurHash3(unsigned int nHashSeed, Span<const unsigned char> vData
 void BIP32Hash(const ChainCode &chainCode, unsigned int nChild, unsigned char header, const unsigned char data[32], unsigned char output[64])
 {
     unsigned char num[4];
-    num[0] = (nChild >> 24) & 0xFF;
-    num[1] = (nChild >> 16) & 0xFF;
-    num[2] = (nChild >>  8) & 0xFF;
-    num[3] = (nChild >>  0) & 0xFF;
+    WriteBE32(num, nChild);
     CHMAC_SHA512(chainCode.begin(), chainCode.size()).Write(&header, 1).Write(data, 32).Write(num, 4).Finalize(output);
 }
diff --git a/src/key.cpp b/src/key.cpp
index 9331ced257731..6aba4578a4adb 100644
--- a/src/key.cpp
+++ b/src/key.cpp
@@ -322,8 +322,7 @@ CExtPubKey CExtKey::Neuter() const {
 void CExtKey::Encode(unsigned char code[BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE]) const {
     code[0] = nDepth;
     memcpy(code+1, vchFingerprint, 4);
-    code[5] = (nChild >> 24) & 0xFF; code[6] = (nChild >> 16) & 0xFF;
-    code[7] = (nChild >>  8) & 0xFF; code[8] = (nChild >>  0) & 0xFF;
+    WriteBE32(code+5, nChild);
     memcpy(code+9, chaincode.begin(), 32);
     code[41] = 0;
     assert(key.size() == 32);
@@ -333,7 +332,7 @@ void CExtKey::Encode(unsigned char code[BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE]) const {
 void CExtKey::Decode(const unsigned char code[BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE]) {
     nDepth = code[0];
     memcpy(vchFingerprint, code+1, 4);
-    nChild = (code[5] << 24) | (code[6] << 16) | (code[7] << 8) | code[8];
+    nChild = ReadBE32(code+5);
     memcpy(chaincode.begin(), code+9, 32);
     key.Set(code+42, code+BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE, true);
 }
diff --git a/src/pubkey.cpp b/src/pubkey.cpp
index 6744341774f2c..9e7facdc58045 100644
--- a/src/pubkey.cpp
+++ b/src/pubkey.cpp
@@ -253,8 +253,7 @@ bool CPubKey::Derive(CPubKey& pubkeyChild, ChainCode &ccChild, unsigned int nChi
 void CExtPubKey::Encode(unsigned char code[BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE]) const {
     code[0] = nDepth;
     memcpy(code+1, vchFingerprint, 4);
-    code[5] = (nChild >> 24) & 0xFF; code[6] = (nChild >> 16) & 0xFF;
-    code[7] = (nChild >>  8) & 0xFF; code[8] = (nChild >>  0) & 0xFF;
+    WriteBE32(code+5, nChild);
     memcpy(code+9, chaincode.begin(), 32);
     assert(pubkey.size() == CPubKey::COMPRESSED_SIZE);
     memcpy(code+41, pubkey.begin(), CPubKey::COMPRESSED_SIZE);
@@ -263,7 +262,7 @@ void CExtPubKey::Encode(unsigned char code[BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE]) const {
 void CExtPubKey::Decode(const unsigned char code[BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE]) {
     nDepth = code[0];
     memcpy(vchFingerprint, code+1, 4);
-    nChild = (code[5] << 24) | (code[6] << 16) | (code[7] << 8) | code[8];
+    nChild = ReadBE32(code+5);
     memcpy(chaincode.begin(), code+9, 32);
     pubkey.Set(code+41, code+BIP32_EXTKEY_SIZE);
 }