--- jfsutils-1.1.15.orig/libfs/log_work.c
+++ jfsutils-1.1.15/libfs/log_work.c
@@ -2406,6 +2406,7 @@
 	int32_t xlen, xlength;
 	int16_t nword;
 	int8_t upd_possible = 0;
+	struct dinode dip_local; /* Local copy of dinode data for alignment purposes */
 
 	if (ld->length <= 0)
 		return (0);
@@ -2708,7 +2709,8 @@
 			 */
 
 			if (ino_rem == 0) {	/* inode base segment  */
-				dip = (struct dinode *) data;
+			  	memcpy(&dip_local, data, size_dinode);
+				dip = &dip_local;
 				if (ln == 1) {
 					/* ibase only */
 					if (db->db_ibase & mask_8)