diff -up ./lib/librte_net/rte_ether.h.align ./lib/librte_net/rte_ether.h
--- ./lib/librte_net/rte_ether.h.align	2018-04-19 10:09:22.000000000 -0400
+++ ./lib/librte_net/rte_ether.h	2019-02-12 14:15:57.719572582 -0500
@@ -175,10 +175,9 @@ static inline int is_multicast_ether_add
  */
 static inline int is_broadcast_ether_addr(const struct ether_addr *ea)
 {
-	const unaligned_uint16_t *ea_words = (const unaligned_uint16_t *)ea;
-
-	return (ea_words[0] == 0xFFFF && ea_words[1] == 0xFFFF &&
-		ea_words[2] == 0xFFFF);
+	return (ea->addr_bytes[0] == 0xFF && ea->addr_bytes[1] == 0xFF &&
+		ea->addr_bytes[2] == 0xFF && ea->addr_bytes[3] == 0xFF &&
+		ea->addr_bytes[4] == 0xFF && ea->addr_bytes[5] == 0xFF);
 }
 
 /**