diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c
index 5c7df1df81ff8094dd4de8543653ff092433d13a..7fd39f4c5a72613f4b1b08f3a5c2c6f8a22a78fd 100644
--- a/fs/dcache.c
+++ b/fs/dcache.c
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static inline int dentry_string_cmp(const unsigned char *cs, const unsigned char
 	unsigned long a,b,mask;
 
 	for (;;) {
-		a = *(unsigned long *)cs;
+		a = read_word_at_a_time(cs);
 		b = load_unaligned_zeropad(ct);
 		if (tcount < sizeof(unsigned long))
 			break;