diff --git a/sdk/src/trace/samplers/trace_id_ratio.cc b/sdk/src/trace/samplers/trace_id_ratio.cc
index fcb074ff..0a12c3b0 100644
--- a/sdk/src/trace/samplers/trace_id_ratio.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/trace/samplers/trace_id_ratio.cc
@@ -56,8 +56,13 @@ uint64_t CalculateThresholdFromBuffer(const trace_api::TraceId &trace_id) noexce
   // We only use the first 8 bytes of TraceId.
   static_assert(trace_api::TraceId::kSize >= 8, "TraceID must be at least 8 bytes long.");
 
+  // Always interpret as big-endian
+  const uint8_t *data = trace_id.Id().data();
   uint64_t res = 0;
-  std::memcpy(&res, &trace_id, 8);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 8; ++i)
+  {
+    res = (res << 8) | data[i];
+  }
 
   double ratio = static_cast<double>(res) / static_cast<double>(UINT64_MAX);
 
diff --git a/sdk/test/trace/trace_id_ratio_sampler_test.cc b/sdk/test/trace/trace_id_ratio_sampler_test.cc
index 86aaeb40..fd509281 100644
--- a/sdk/test/trace/trace_id_ratio_sampler_test.cc
+++ b/sdk/test/trace/trace_id_ratio_sampler_test.cc
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ TEST(TraceIdRatioBasedSampler, ShouldSampleWithoutContext)
   ASSERT_EQ(Decision::RECORD_AND_SAMPLE, sampling_result.decision);
   ASSERT_EQ(nullptr, sampling_result.attributes);
 
-  constexpr uint8_t buf[] = {0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
+  constexpr uint8_t buf[] = {0x80, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0};
   trace_api::TraceId valid_trace_id(buf);
 
   sampling_result = s1.ShouldSample(trace_api::SpanContext::GetInvalid(), valid_trace_id, "",