diff -up ./examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_routing_be.c.proutebe ./examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_routing_be.c
--- ./examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_routing_be.c.proutebe	2015-12-15 12:06:58.000000000 -0500
+++ ./examples/ip_pipeline/pipeline/pipeline_routing_be.c	2016-02-16 11:22:04.187871609 -0500
@@ -1461,7 +1461,7 @@ pipeline_routing_msg_req_route_add_handl
 		uint64_t macaddr_dst;
 		uint64_t ethertype = ETHER_TYPE_IPv4;
 
-		macaddr_dst = *((uint64_t *)&(req->data.ethernet.macaddr));
+		memcpy(&macaddr_dst, &(req->data.ethernet.macaddr), sizeof(uint64_t));
 		macaddr_dst = rte_bswap64(macaddr_dst << 16);
 
 		entry_arp0.slab[0] =
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ pipeline_routing_msg_req_route_add_handl
 		uint64_t svlan = req->data.l2.qinq.svlan;
 		uint64_t cvlan = req->data.l2.qinq.cvlan;
 
-		macaddr_dst = *((uint64_t *)&(req->data.ethernet.macaddr));
+		memcpy(&macaddr_dst, &(req->data.ethernet.macaddr), sizeof(uint64_t));
 		macaddr_dst = rte_bswap64(macaddr_dst << 16);
 
 		entry_arp0.slab[0] = rte_bswap64((svlan << 48) |
@@ -1561,7 +1561,7 @@ pipeline_routing_msg_req_route_add_handl
 		uint64_t label3 = req->data.l2.mpls.labels[3];
 		uint32_t n_labels = req->data.l2.mpls.n_labels;
 
-		macaddr_dst = *((uint64_t *)&(req->data.ethernet.macaddr));
+		memcpy(&macaddr_dst, &(req->data.ethernet.macaddr), sizeof(uint64_t));
 		macaddr_dst = rte_bswap64(macaddr_dst << 16);
 
 		switch (n_labels) {
@@ -1811,7 +1811,7 @@ pipeline_routing_msg_req_arp_add_handler
 		return rsp;
 	}
 
-	entry.macaddr = *((uint64_t *)&(req->macaddr));
+	memcpy(&entry.macaddr, &(req->macaddr), sizeof(uint64_t));
 	entry.macaddr = entry.macaddr << 16;
 
 	rsp->status = rte_pipeline_table_entry_add(p->p,