diff --git a/libkmod/libkmod-index.c b/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
index 5d3cdce..4ab4ed5 100644
--- a/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
+++ b/libkmod/libkmod-index.c
@@ -675,7 +675,7 @@
 	uint32_t v;
 
 	/* addr may be unalined to uint32_t */
-	memcpy(&v, addr, sizeof(uint32_t));
+	v = get_unaligned((uint32_t *) addr);
 
 	*p = addr + sizeof(uint32_t);
 	return ntohl(v);