diff --git a/src/basic/unaligned.h b/src/basic/unaligned.h
index 201b3d227e..73302b4239 100644
--- a/src/basic/unaligned.h
+++ b/src/basic/unaligned.h
@@ -26,89 +26,77 @@
 /* BE */
 
 static inline uint16_t unaligned_read_be16(const void *_u) {
-        const uint8_t *u = _u;
+        const struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint16_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        return (((uint16_t) u[0]) << 8) |
-                ((uint16_t) u[1]);
+        return be16toh(u->x);
 }
 
 static inline uint32_t unaligned_read_be32(const void *_u) {
-        const uint8_t *u = _u;
+        const struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint32_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        return (((uint32_t) unaligned_read_be16(u)) << 16) |
-                ((uint32_t) unaligned_read_be16(u + 2));
+        return be32toh(u->x);
 }
 
 static inline uint64_t unaligned_read_be64(const void *_u) {
-        const uint8_t *u = _u;
+        const struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint64_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        return (((uint64_t) unaligned_read_be32(u)) << 32) |
-                ((uint64_t) unaligned_read_be32(u + 4));
+        return be64toh(u->x);
 }
 
 static inline void unaligned_write_be16(void *_u, uint16_t a) {
-        uint8_t *u = _u;
+        struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint16_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        u[0] = (uint8_t) (a >> 8);
-        u[1] = (uint8_t) a;
+        u->x = be16toh(a);
 }
 
 static inline void unaligned_write_be32(void *_u, uint32_t a) {
-        uint8_t *u = _u;
+        struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint32_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        unaligned_write_be16(u, (uint16_t) (a >> 16));
-        unaligned_write_be16(u + 2, (uint16_t) a);
+        u->x = be32toh(a);
 }
 
 static inline void unaligned_write_be64(void *_u, uint64_t a) {
-        uint8_t *u = _u;
+        struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint64_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        unaligned_write_be32(u, (uint32_t) (a >> 32));
-        unaligned_write_be32(u + 4, (uint32_t) a);
+        u->x = be64toh(a);
 }
 
 /* LE */
 
 static inline uint16_t unaligned_read_le16(const void *_u) {
-        const uint8_t *u = _u;
+        const struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint16_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        return (((uint16_t) u[1]) << 8) |
-                ((uint16_t) u[0]);
+        return le16toh(u->x);
 }
 
 static inline uint32_t unaligned_read_le32(const void *_u) {
-        const uint8_t *u = _u;
+        const struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint32_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        return (((uint32_t) unaligned_read_le16(u + 2)) << 16) |
-                ((uint32_t) unaligned_read_le16(u));
+        return le32toh(u->x);
 }
 
 static inline uint64_t unaligned_read_le64(const void *_u) {
-        const uint8_t *u = _u;
+        const struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint64_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        return (((uint64_t) unaligned_read_le32(u + 4)) << 32) |
-                ((uint64_t) unaligned_read_le32(u));
+        return le64toh(u->x);
 }
 
 static inline void unaligned_write_le16(void *_u, uint16_t a) {
-        uint8_t *u = _u;
+        struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint16_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        u[0] = (uint8_t) a;
-        u[1] = (uint8_t) (a >> 8);
+        u->x = le16toh(a);
 }
 
 static inline void unaligned_write_le32(void *_u, uint32_t a) {
-        uint8_t *u = _u;
+        struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint32_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        unaligned_write_le16(u, (uint16_t) a);
-        unaligned_write_le16(u + 2, (uint16_t) (a >> 16));
+        u->x = le32toh(a);
 }
 
 static inline void unaligned_write_le64(void *_u, uint64_t a) {
-        uint8_t *u = _u;
+        struct __attribute__((packed, may_alias)) { uint64_t x; } *u = _u;
 
-        unaligned_write_le32(u, (uint32_t) a);
-        unaligned_write_le32(u + 4, (uint32_t) (a >> 32));
+        u->x = le64toh(a);
 }
 
 #if __BYTE_ORDER == __BIG_ENDIAN
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/arp-util.c b/src/libsystemd-network/arp-util.c
index 67409cc918..89e68c7ac7 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/arp-util.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/arp-util.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "arp-util.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
+#include "unaligned.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
 int arp_network_bind_raw_socket(int ifindex, be32_t address, const struct ether_addr *eth_mac) {
@@ -48,12 +49,12 @@ int arp_network_bind_raw_socket(int ifindex, be32_t address, const struct ether_
                 BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP + BPF_JEQ + BPF_K, ARPOP_REPLY, 1, 0),                        /* protocol == reply ? */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_RET + BPF_K, 0),                                                  /* ignore */
                 /* Sender Hardware Address must be different from our own */
-                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, htobe32(*((uint32_t *) eth_mac))),                  /* A <- 4 bytes of client's MAC */
+                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, unaligned_read_ne32(&eth_mac->ether_addr_octet[0])),/* A <- 4 bytes of client's MAC */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_MISC + BPF_TAX, 0),                                               /* X <- A */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_W + BPF_ABS, offsetof(struct ether_arp, arp_sha)),       /* A <- 4 bytes of SHA */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_ALU + BPF_XOR + BPF_X, 0),                                        /* A xor X */
                 BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP + BPF_JEQ + BPF_K, 0, 0, 6),                                  /* A == 0 ? */
-                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, htobe16(*((uint16_t *) (((char *) eth_mac) + 4)))), /* A <- remainder of client's MAC */
+                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, unaligned_read_ne16(&eth_mac->ether_addr_octet[4])),/* A <- remainder of client's MAC */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_MISC + BPF_TAX, 0),                                               /* X <- A */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_H + BPF_ABS, offsetof(struct ether_arp, arp_sha) + 4),   /* A <- remainder of SHA */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_ALU + BPF_XOR + BPF_X, 0),                                        /* A xor X */
diff --git a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-network.c b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-network.c
index 010090aef1..602bf08a60 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-network.c
+++ b/src/libsystemd-network/dhcp-network.c
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #include "dhcp-internal.h"
 #include "fd-util.h"
 #include "socket-util.h"
+#include "unaligned.h"
 
 static int _bind_raw_socket(int ifindex, union sockaddr_union *link,
                             uint32_t xid, const uint8_t *mac_addr,
@@ -70,13 +71,13 @@ static int _bind_raw_socket(int ifindex, union sockaddr_union *link,
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_W + BPF_ABS, offsetof(DHCPPacket, dhcp.xid)),    /* A <- client identifier */
                 BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP + BPF_JEQ + BPF_K, xid, 1, 0),                        /* client identifier == xid ? */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_RET + BPF_K, 0),                                          /* ignore */
-                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, htobe32(*((unsigned int *) eth_mac))),                     /* A <- 4 bytes of client's MAC */
+                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, unaligned_read_be32(&eth_mac->ether_addr_octet[0])),        /* A <- 4 bytes of client's MAC */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_MISC + BPF_TAX, 0),                                                       /* X <- A */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_W + BPF_ABS, offsetof(DHCPPacket, dhcp.chaddr)),                 /* A <- 4 bytes of MAC from dhcp.chaddr */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_ALU + BPF_XOR + BPF_X, 0),                                                /* A xor X */
                 BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP + BPF_JEQ + BPF_K, 0, 1, 0),                                          /* A == 0 ? */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_RET + BPF_K, 0),                                                          /* ignore */
-                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, htobe16(*((unsigned short *) (((char *) eth_mac) + 4)))),   /* A <- remainder of client's MAC */
+                BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_IMM, unaligned_read_be16(&eth_mac->ether_addr_octet[4])),        /* A <- remainder of client's MAC */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_MISC + BPF_TAX, 0),                                                       /* X <- A */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_LD + BPF_H + BPF_ABS, offsetof(DHCPPacket, dhcp.chaddr) + 4),             /* A <- remainder of MAC from dhcp.chaddr */
                 BPF_STMT(BPF_ALU + BPF_XOR + BPF_X, 0),                                                /* A xor X */