diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 0f0815c824de7f089a8a0f4e4a5c6e46862581b2..4a38b96563917dca0f7d5871c5fadf785b0c9ca7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -900,7 +900,7 @@ static __always_inline int do_insn_fetch_bytes(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)					\
 		goto done;						\
 	ctxt->_eip += sizeof(_type);					\
-	_x = *(_type __aligned(1) *) ctxt->fetch.ptr;			\
+	memcpy(&_x, ctxt->fetch.ptr, sizeof(_type));			\
 	ctxt->fetch.ptr += sizeof(_type);				\
 	_x;								\
 })