diff --git a/block/qcow2-bitmap.c b/block/qcow2-bitmap.c
index 385260a1b561495150f32d9b2c4727f25e17ef75..5f456a2785c6df8b45c31766bbf0fdd756eac5b4 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-bitmap.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-bitmap.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int update_header_sync(BlockDriverState *bs)
     return bdrv_flush(bs->file->bs);
 }
 
-static inline void bitmap_table_to_be(uint64_t *bitmap_table, size_t size)
+static inline void bitmap_table_bswap_be(uint64_t *bitmap_table, size_t size)
 {
     size_t i;
 
@@ -1403,9 +1403,10 @@ static int store_bitmap(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Bitmap *bm, Error **errp)
         goto fail;
     }
 
-    bitmap_table_to_be(tb, tb_size);
+    bitmap_table_bswap_be(tb, tb_size);
     ret = bdrv_pwrite(bs->file, tb_offset, tb_size * sizeof(tb[0]), tb, 0);
     if (ret < 0) {
+        bitmap_table_bswap_be(tb, tb_size);
         error_setg_errno(errp, -ret, "Failed to write bitmap '%s' to file",
                          bm_name);
         goto fail;