diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
index be09c7669a79..bfaf327e9d12 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
@@ -1153,7 +1153,7 @@ static void cipso_v4_gentag_hdr(const struct cipso_v4_doi *doi_def,
 {
 	buf[0] = IPOPT_CIPSO;
 	buf[1] = CIPSO_V4_HDR_LEN + len;
-	*(__be32 *)&buf[2] = htonl(doi_def->doi);
+	put_unaligned_be32(doi_def->doi, &buf[2]);
 }
 
 /**