1 files changed, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_long.c b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_long.c
index c5f25956cb..c04b192794 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_long.c
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/asn1/x_long.c
@@ -104,12 +104,7 @@ static int long_i2c(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char *cont, int *putype, const A
         long ltmp;
         unsigned long utmp;
         int clen, pad, i;
-        /* this exists to bypass broken gcc optimization */
-        char *cp = (char *)pval;
-
-        /* use memcpy, because we may not be long aligned */
-        memcpy(&ltmp, cp, sizeof(long));
-
+        ltmp = *(long *)pval;
         if(ltmp == it->size) return -1;
         /* Convert the long to positive: we subtract one if negative so
          * we can cleanly handle the padding if only the MSB of the leading
@@ -141,7 +136,6 @@ static int long_c2i(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char *cont, int len, int utype,
         int neg, i;
         long ltmp;
         unsigned long utmp = 0;
-        char *cp = (char *)pval;
         if(len > sizeof(long)) {
                 ASN1err(ASN1_F_LONG_C2I, ASN1_R_INTEGER_TOO_LARGE_FOR_LONG);
                 return 0;
@@ -164,6 +158,6 @@ static int long_c2i(ASN1_VALUE **pval, unsigned char *cont, int len, int utype,
                 ASN1err(ASN1_F_LONG_C2I, ASN1_R_INTEGER_TOO_LARGE_FOR_LONG);
                 return 0;
         }
-        memcpy(cp, &ltmp, sizeof(long));
+        *(long *)pval = ltmp;
         return 1;
 }