diff --git a/common/commonutil.c b/common/commonutil.c
index 439e1e3cbc..966547d6d9 100644
--- a/common/commonutil.c
+++ b/common/commonutil.c
@@ -98,39 +98,13 @@ uint8_t reflect8(uint8_t b) {
     return (b * 0x0202020202ULL & 0x010884422010ULL) % 1023;
 }
 
-
-// Reverse the bits in a byte with 4 operations (64-bit multiply, no division):
-/*
-uint8_t reflect8(uint8_t b) {
-    return ((b * 0x80200802ULL) & 0x0884422110ULL) * 0x0101010101ULL >> 32;
-}
-*/
-
-uint16_t reflect16(uint16_t b) {
-    uint16_t v = 0;
-    v |= (b & 0x8000) >> 15;
-    v |= (b & 0x4000) >> 13;
-    v |= (b & 0x2000) >> 11;
-    v |= (b & 0x1000) >> 9;
-    v |= (b & 0x0800) >> 7;
-    v |= (b & 0x0400) >> 5;
-    v |= (b & 0x0200) >> 3;
-    v |= (b & 0x0100) >> 1;
-
-    v |= (b & 0x0080) << 1;
-    v |= (b & 0x0040) << 3;
-    v |= (b & 0x0020) << 5;
-    v |= (b & 0x0010) << 7;
-    v |= (b & 0x0008) << 9;
-    v |= (b & 0x0004) << 11;
-    v |= (b & 0x0002) << 13;
-    v |= (b & 0x0001) << 15;
+uint16_t reflect16(uint16_t v) {
+    v = (reflect8(v) << 8) | (reflect8(v >> 8) & 0xFF);
     return v;
 }
 
-uint32_t reflect32(uint32_t b) {
+uint32_t reflect32(uint32_t v) {
     // https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#BitReverseTable
-    uint32_t v = b; // 32-bit word to reverse bit order
     // swap odd and even bits
     v = ((v >> 1) & 0x55555555) | ((v & 0x55555555) << 1);
     // swap consecutive pairs
@@ -140,17 +114,23 @@ uint32_t reflect32(uint32_t b) {
     // swap bytes
     v = ((v >> 8) & 0x00FF00FF) | ((v & 0x00FF00FF) << 8);
     // swap 2-byte long pairs
-    v = (v >> 16) | (v               << 16);
+    v = ( v >> 16             ) | ( v               << 16);
     return v;
 }
 
-uint64_t reflect64(uint64_t b) {
+uint64_t reflect48(uint64_t v) {
+    uint64_t vhi = reflect16(v >> 32);
+    uint64_t vlo = reflect32(v);
+    v = (vlo << 32) | (vhi & 0xFFFF);
+    return v;
+}
+
+uint64_t reflect64(uint64_t v) {
     // https://graphics.stanford.edu/~seander/bithacks.html#BitReverseTable
-    uint64_t v = b; // 32-bit word to reverse bit order
-    // swap 2-byte long pairs
+    // swap 4-byte long pairs
     uint64_t v1 = reflect32(v >> 32);
     uint64_t v2 = reflect32(v);
-    v = (v1 << 32) | (v2 & 0xFFFFFFFF);
+    v = (v2 << 32) | (v1 & 0xFFFFFFFF);
     return v;
 }
 
diff --git a/common/commonutil.h b/common/commonutil.h
index 62b1b78e73..a3476a2841 100644
--- a/common/commonutil.h
+++ b/common/commonutil.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ uint32_t reflect(uint32_t v, int b); // used in crc.c ...
 uint8_t reflect8(uint8_t b);         // dedicated 8bit reversal
 uint16_t reflect16(uint16_t b);      // dedicated 16bit reversal
 uint32_t reflect32(uint32_t b);      // dedicated 32bit reversal
+uint64_t reflect48(uint64_t b);      // dedicated 48bit reversal
 uint64_t reflect64(uint64_t b);      // dedicated 64bit reversal
 
 void num_to_bytes(uint64_t n, size_t len, uint8_t *dest);