diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
index f7b5a2f11001..3c8b4b153ec4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/sge.c
@@ -3312,7 +3312,7 @@ static noinline int t4_systim_to_hwstamp(struct adapter *adapter,
 
 	hwtstamps = skb_hwtstamps(skb);
 	memset(hwtstamps, 0, sizeof(*hwtstamps));
-	hwtstamps->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(be64_to_cpu(*((u64 *)data)));
+	hwtstamps->hwtstamp = ns_to_ktime(get_unaligned_be64(data));
 
 	return RX_PTP_PKT_SUC;
 }