diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/Structures.hpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/Structures.hpp
index 1e3f3e6de171a64fb04574f1817887e32bc42123..c5d1edbc1f817b42f6825be9998e9440c1c98ab0 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/Structures.hpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/Structures.hpp
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ namespace SCSI {
     }  
 
     /**
-     * Helper function to deal with endianness.
+     * Helper function to deal with endianness: 6-byte version
      *
      * The REOWP SCSI command assigns 48 bits to store the LOGICAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (although other
      * commands use 64 bits or sometimes 32 bits). This function converts the 48-bit byte array
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace SCSI {
      * @param t byte array in SCSI order representing a 48-bit number
      * @return 64-bit unsigned integer
      */
-    inline uint64_t toU48(const unsigned char(& t)[6])
+    inline uint64_t toU64(const unsigned char(& t)[6])
     {
       /* Like network, SCSI is BigEndian */
       return (uint64_t) ntohl ( (*(uint64_t *) t << 32) >> 16)  << 32 | ntohl(*(uint64_t *) t >>16);
diff --git a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/StructuresTest.cpp b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/StructuresTest.cpp
index 1aab34efc7662ddfc0f06a760699959c52445a26..5986f9427384e7a947a33fd1a00fe87a5935734d 100644
--- a/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/StructuresTest.cpp
+++ b/tapeserver/castor/tape/tapeserver/SCSI/StructuresTest.cpp
@@ -656,6 +656,11 @@ namespace unitTests {
     ASSERT_EQ( -433494437, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toS32(num));
   }
   
+  TEST(castor_tape_SCSI_Structures, toU64_6byte) {
+    unsigned char num[6] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xCA, 0xFE };
+    ASSERT_EQ ( 0xDEADBEEFCAFEULL, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU64(num));
+  }
+
   TEST(castor_tape_SCSI_Structures, toU64) {
     unsigned char num[8] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xCA, 0xFE, 0xFA, 0xDE };
     ASSERT_EQ ( 0xDEADBEEFCAFEFADEULL, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU64(num));
@@ -952,9 +957,9 @@ namespace unitTests {
     buff[2] = 0xFF; buff[3] = 0xFF;
 
     // In this record, the logical object identifier is 6 bytes (48 bits).
-    ASSERT_EQ(0U, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU48(readEndOfWrapPositionDataShortForm.logicalObjectIdentifier));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0U, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU64(readEndOfWrapPositionDataShortForm.logicalObjectIdentifier));
     buff[4] = 0xAB; buff[5] = 0xCD; buff[6] = 0xEF; buff[7] = 0x12; buff[8] = 0x34; buff[9] = 0x56;
-    ASSERT_EQ(0xABCDEF123456, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU48(readEndOfWrapPositionDataShortForm.logicalObjectIdentifier));
+    ASSERT_EQ(0xABCDEF123456, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU64(readEndOfWrapPositionDataShortForm.logicalObjectIdentifier));
   }
 
   TEST(castor_tape_SCSI_Structures, readEndOfWrapPositionDataLongForm_t) {
@@ -986,10 +991,10 @@ namespace unitTests {
         buff[offset + 4] = 0xFF; buff[offset + 5] = 0xFF;
 
         // In this record, the logical object identifier is 6 bytes (48 bits).
-        ASSERT_EQ(0U, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU48(readEndOfWrapPositionDataLongForm.wrapDescriptor[wrap].logicalObjectIdentifier));
+        ASSERT_EQ(0U, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU64(readEndOfWrapPositionDataLongForm.wrapDescriptor[wrap].logicalObjectIdentifier));
         buff[offset + 6] = 0xAB; buff[offset + 7] = 0xCD; buff[offset + 8] = 0xEF;
         buff[offset + 9] = 0x12; buff[offset + 10] = 0x34; buff[offset + 11] = 0x56;
-        ASSERT_EQ(0xABCDEF123456, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU48(readEndOfWrapPositionDataLongForm.wrapDescriptor[wrap].logicalObjectIdentifier));
+        ASSERT_EQ(0xABCDEF123456, castor::tape::SCSI::Structures::toU64(readEndOfWrapPositionDataLongForm.wrapDescriptor[wrap].logicalObjectIdentifier));
     }
   }