diff --git a/core/vm/instructions.go b/core/vm/instructions.go
index fe63bf007c..42fac28770 100644
--- a/core/vm/instructions.go
+++ b/core/vm/instructions.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package vm
 
 import (
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"math"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -979,7 +978,7 @@ func opPush2(pc *uint64, interpreter *EVMInterpreter, scope *ScopeContext) ([]by
 		integer = new(uint256.Int)
 	)
 	if *pc+2 < codeLen {
-		scope.Stack.push(integer.SetUint64(uint64(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(scope.Contract.Code[*pc+1 : *pc+3]))))
+		scope.Stack.push(integer.SetBytes2(scope.Contract.Code[*pc+1 : *pc+3]))
 	} else if *pc+1 < codeLen {
 		scope.Stack.push(integer.SetUint64(uint64(scope.Contract.Code[*pc+1]) << 8))
 	} else {