diff --git a/lib/api/src/externals/global.rs b/lib/api/src/externals/global.rs
index 1f404d88e..7203700db 100644
--- a/lib/api/src/externals/global.rs
+++ b/lib/api/src/externals/global.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ impl Global {
                 Val::I64(x) => *global.get_mut().as_i64_mut() = x,
                 Val::F32(x) => *global.get_mut().as_f32_mut() = x,
                 Val::F64(x) => *global.get_mut().as_f64_mut() = x,
-                Val::V128(x) => *global.get_mut().as_u128_bits_mut() = x.bytes(),
+                Val::V128(x) => *global.get_mut().as_u128_bits_mut() = x.to_ne_bytes(),
                 _ => return Err(RuntimeError::new(format!("create_global for {:?}", val))),
             }
         };