diff --git a/cipher.c b/cipher.c
index b9c1b28..65cde47 100644
--- a/cipher.c
+++ b/cipher.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "includes.h"
-RCSID("$OpenBSD: cipher.c,v 1.36 2000/10/14 10:01:15 markus Exp $");
+RCSID("$OpenBSD: cipher.c,v 1.37 2000/10/23 19:31:54 markus Exp $");
 
 #include "ssh.h"
 #include "xmalloc.h"
@@ -218,28 +218,21 @@
  * and after encryption/decryption. Thus the swap_bytes stuff (yuk).
  */
 static void
-swap_bytes(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst_, int n)
+swap_bytes(const unsigned char *src, unsigned char *dst, int n)
 {
-	/* dst must be properly aligned. */
-	u_int32_t *dst = (u_int32_t *) dst_;
-	union {
-		u_int32_t i;
-		char c[4];
-	} t;
+	char c[4];
 
-	/* Process 8 bytes every lap. */
-	for (n = n / 8; n > 0; n--) {
-		t.c[3] = *src++;
-		t.c[2] = *src++;
-		t.c[1] = *src++;
-		t.c[0] = *src++;
-		*dst++ = t.i;
+	/* Process 4 bytes every lap. */
+	for (n = n / 4; n > 0; n--) {
+		c[3] = *src++;
+		c[2] = *src++;
+		c[1] = *src++;
+		c[0] = *src++;
 
-		t.c[3] = *src++;
-		t.c[2] = *src++;
-		t.c[1] = *src++;
-		t.c[0] = *src++;
-		*dst++ = t.i;
+		*dst++ = c[0];
+		*dst++ = c[1];
+		*dst++ = c[2];
+		*dst++ = c[3];
 	}
 }