diff -up ./lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h.pun ./lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h
--- ./lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h.pun	2015-12-15 12:06:58.000000000 -0500
+++ ./lib/librte_lpm/rte_lpm.h	2016-02-15 12:45:26.306750412 -0500
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <sys/queue.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
 #include <rte_branch_prediction.h>
 #include <rte_byteorder.h>
 #include <rte_memory.h>
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ rte_lpm_lookup(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint
 	RTE_LPM_RETURN_IF_TRUE(((lpm == NULL) || (next_hop == NULL)), -EINVAL);
 
 	/* Copy tbl24 entry */
-	tbl_entry = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl24[tbl24_index];
+	memcpy(&tbl_entry, &lpm->tbl24[tbl24_index], sizeof(uint16_t));
 
 	/* Copy tbl8 entry (only if needed) */
 	if (unlikely((tbl_entry & RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK) ==
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ rte_lpm_lookup(struct rte_lpm *lpm, uint
 		unsigned tbl8_index = (uint8_t)ip +
 				((uint8_t)tbl_entry * RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES);
 
-		tbl_entry = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl8[tbl8_index];
+		memcpy(&tbl_entry, &lpm->tbl8[tbl8_index], sizeof(uint16_t));
 	}
 
 	*next_hop = (uint8_t)tbl_entry;
@@ -342,7 +343,7 @@ rte_lpm_lookup_bulk_func(const struct rt
 
 	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
 		/* Simply copy tbl24 entry to output */
-		next_hops[i] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl24[tbl24_indexes[i]];
+		memcpy(&next_hops[i], &lpm->tbl24[tbl24_indexes[i]], sizeof(uint16_t));
 
 		/* Overwrite output with tbl8 entry if needed */
 		if (unlikely((next_hops[i] & RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK) ==
@@ -352,7 +353,7 @@ rte_lpm_lookup_bulk_func(const struct rt
 					((uint8_t)next_hops[i] *
 					 RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES);
 
-			next_hops[i] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl8[tbl8_index];
+			memcpy(&next_hops[i], &lpm->tbl8[tbl8_index], sizeof(uint16_t));
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -419,13 +420,13 @@ rte_lpm_lookupx4(const struct rte_lpm *l
 	idx = _mm_cvtsi128_si64(i24);
 	i24 = _mm_srli_si128(i24, sizeof(uint64_t));
 
-	tbl[0] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl24[(uint32_t)idx];
-	tbl[1] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl24[idx >> 32];
+	memcpy(&tbl[0], &lpm->tbl24[(uint32_t)idx], sizeof(uint16_t));
+	memcpy(&tbl[1], &lpm->tbl24[idx >> 32], sizeof(uint16_t));
 
 	idx = _mm_cvtsi128_si64(i24);
 
-	tbl[2] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl24[(uint32_t)idx];
-	tbl[3] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl24[idx >> 32];
+	memcpy(&tbl[2], &lpm->tbl24[(uint32_t)idx], sizeof(uint16_t));
+	memcpy(&tbl[3], &lpm->tbl24[idx >> 32], sizeof(uint16_t));
 
 	/* get 4 indexes for tbl8[]. */
 	i8.x = _mm_and_si128(ip, mask8);
@@ -446,25 +447,25 @@ rte_lpm_lookupx4(const struct rte_lpm *l
 			RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK)) {
 		i8.u32[0] = i8.u32[0] +
 			(uint8_t)tbl[0] * RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES;
-		tbl[0] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[0]];
+		memcpy(&tbl[0], &lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[0]], sizeof(uint16_t));
 	}
 	if (unlikely((pt >> 16 & RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK) ==
 			RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK)) {
 		i8.u32[1] = i8.u32[1] +
 			(uint8_t)tbl[1] * RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES;
-		tbl[1] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[1]];
+		memcpy(&tbl[1], &lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[1]], sizeof(uint16_t));
 	}
 	if (unlikely((pt >> 32 & RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK) ==
 			RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK)) {
 		i8.u32[2] = i8.u32[2] +
 			(uint8_t)tbl[2] * RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES;
-		tbl[2] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[2]];
+		memcpy(&tbl[2], &lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[2]], sizeof(uint16_t));
 	}
 	if (unlikely((pt >> 48 & RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK) ==
 			RTE_LPM_VALID_EXT_ENTRY_BITMASK)) {
 		i8.u32[3] = i8.u32[3] +
 			(uint8_t)tbl[3] * RTE_LPM_TBL8_GROUP_NUM_ENTRIES;
-		tbl[3] = *(const uint16_t *)&lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[3]];
+		memcpy(&tbl[3], &lpm->tbl8[i8.u32[3]], sizeof(uint16_t));
 	}
 
 	hop[0] = (tbl[0] & RTE_LPM_LOOKUP_SUCCESS) ? (uint8_t)tbl[0] : defv;