diff --git a/lib/string.c b/lib/string.c
index 1cd9757291b1..8f1a2a04e22f 100644
--- a/lib/string.c
+++ b/lib/string.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ ssize_t strscpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t count)
 	while (max >= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
 		unsigned long c, data;
 
-		c = *(unsigned long *)(src+res);
+		c = read_word_at_a_time(src+res);
 		if (has_zero(c, &data, &constants)) {
 			data = prep_zero_mask(c, data, &constants);
 			data = create_zero_mask(data);