diff --git a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
index b2da25764261..5d7aa05c0a9c 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/megaraid/megaraid_sas_base.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <asm/unaligned.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
@@ -7007,7 +7008,8 @@ megasas_mgmt_fw_ioctl(struct megasas_instance *instance,
 		sense_ptr = (unsigned long *) ((unsigned long)ioc->frame.raw +
 				ioc->sense_off);
 
-		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)((unsigned long)(*sense_ptr)),
+		if (copy_to_user((void __user *)((unsigned long)
+				 get_unaligned((unsigned long *)sense_ptr)),
 				 sense, ioc->sense_len)) {
 			dev_err(&instance->pdev->dev, "Failed to copy out to user "
 					"sense data\n");