diff --git a/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java b/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java
index fd8c9f65f..cb0aa11f1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/threerings/io/Streamer.java
@@ -266,6 +266,10 @@ public abstract class Streamer
                     return new ByteEnumStreamer(target);
                 }
                 break;
+            case NAME:
+            case ORDINAL:
+                // We explicitly do nothing here...
+                break;
             }
 
             switch (ENUM_POLICY) {