diff --git a/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp b/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp
index f8c94727e2393a7f4df62d9c5df73d495b421a3c..aeb712bb6cdf1849b8b7672147c8d4ef647f6918 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/chain_controller.cpp
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ transaction_trace chain_controller::delayed_transaction_processing( const transa
    time_point_sec execute_after = head_block_time();
    execute_after += mtrx.delay;
    //TODO: !!! WHO GETS BILLED TO STORE THE DELAYED TX?
-   deferred_transaction dtrx(*reinterpret_cast<const uint128_t*>(trx.id()._hash), config::system_account_name, config::system_account_name, execute_after, trx);
+   fc::uint128_t _id(trx.id()._hash[3], trx.id()._hash[2]);
+   deferred_transaction dtrx((unsigned __int128)_id, config::system_account_name, config::system_account_name, execute_after, trx);
    FC_ASSERT( dtrx.execute_after < dtrx.expiration, "transaction expires before it can execute" );
 
    result.deferred_transaction_requests.push_back(std::move(dtrx));
diff --git a/libraries/chain/contracts/eosio_contract.cpp b/libraries/chain/contracts/eosio_contract.cpp
index b88d9db54f3694c62fc624f69995e3f567940dd9..9cf0ac71dd366b0400e28603c7d76d9ea9cb0f4a 100644
--- a/libraries/chain/contracts/eosio_contract.cpp
+++ b/libraries/chain/contracts/eosio_contract.cpp
@@ -483,8 +483,9 @@ void apply_eosio_postrecovery(apply_context& context) {
       .parent = 0,
       .data = recover_act.data
    }, update);
-
-   auto& request_id = *reinterpret_cast<const uint128_t*>(context.trx_meta.id._hash);
+   
+   const fc::uint128_t _request_id(context.trx_meta.id._hash[3], context.trx_meta.id._hash[2]);
+   const uint128_t request_id = (unsigned __int128)_request_id;
    auto record_data = mutable_variant_object()
       ("account", account)
       ("request_id", request_id)
@@ -592,8 +593,9 @@ void apply_eosio_canceldelay(apply_context& context) {
 
    FC_ASSERT (found, "canceldelay action must be signed with the \"active\" permission for one of the actors"
                      " provided in the authorizations on the original transaction");
-
-   context.cancel_deferred(*reinterpret_cast<const uint128_t*>(trx_id._hash));
+   
+   const fc::uint128_t _id(trx_id._hash[3], trx_id._hash[2]);
+   context.cancel_deferred((unsigned __int128)_id);
 }
 
 void apply_eosio_mindelay(apply_context& context) {
diff --git a/tests/chain_tests/delay_tests.cpp b/tests/chain_tests/delay_tests.cpp
index 3b4f0dea32bccc925fba94bf63db652b7c01b96f..72f1df1eb20283150250f4248fae5deda4727bb5 100644
--- a/tests/chain_tests/delay_tests.cpp
+++ b/tests/chain_tests/delay_tests.cpp
@@ -1431,6 +1431,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( canceldelay_test ) { try {
    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(transaction_receipt::delayed, trace.status);
    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(1, trace.deferred_transaction_requests.size());
    BOOST_REQUIRE_EQUAL(0, trace.action_traces.size());
+
    const auto sender_id_to_cancel = trace.deferred_transaction_requests[0].get<deferred_transaction>().sender_id;
 
    chain.produce_blocks();