diff --git a/storagehandler.C b/storagehandler.C
index dc0217e..359e53f 100644
--- a/storagehandler.C
+++ b/storagehandler.C
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
     ipmi_add_sel_request_t *p = (ipmi_add_sel_request_t*) request;
     uint16_t recordid;
 
-    recordid = ((uint16_t)p->eventdata[1] << 8) | p->eventdata[2];
+    recordid = ((uint16_t)p->eventdata[2] << 8) | p->eventdata[1];
 
     printf("IPMI Handling ADD-SEL for record 0x%04x\n", recordid);