Index: /src/router/services/sysinit/defaults.c
===================================================================
--- /src/router/services/sysinit/defaults.c (revision 12395)
+++ /src/router/services/sysinit/defaults.c (revision 12397)
@@ -2619,5 +2619,5 @@
 #else
 struct nvram_tuple *srouter_defaults = NULL;
-static int defaultnum;
+static unsigned int defaultnum;
 void load_defaults(void)
 {
@@ -2625,5 +2625,9 @@
 	if (in == NULL)
 		return;
-	fread(&defaultnum, 4, 1, in);
+	defaultnum = (unsigned int)getc(in);
+	defaultnum |= (unsigned int)getc(in) << 8;
+	defaultnum |= (unsigned int)getc(in) << 16;
+	defaultnum |= (unsigned int)getc(in) << 24;
+	//fread(&defaultnum, 4, 1, in);
 	int i;
 	srouter_defaults =