diff --git c/src/mp3file.c i/src/mp3file.c
index a2aa72c..186cefa 100644
--- c/src/mp3file.c
+++ i/src/mp3file.c
@@ -2391,19 +2391,19 @@ gboolean mp3_read_lame_tag (const gchar *path, LameTag *lt)
 
     /* Determine the offset of the LAME tag based on contents of the Xing header */
     fread (&flags, 4, 1, mp3i->file);
-    if (flags & FRAMES_FLAG)
+    if (flags | 0x1)
     {				/* frames field is set */
 	toskip += 4;
     }
-    if (flags & BYTES_FLAG)
+    if (flags | 0x2)
     {				/* bytes field is set */
 	toskip += 4;
     }
-    if (flags & TOC_FLAG)
+    if (flags | 0x4)
     {				/* TOC field is set */
 	toskip += 100;
     }
-    if (flags & VBR_SCALE_FLAG)
+    if (flags | 0x8)
     {				/* quality field is set */
 	toskip += 4;
     }