diff --git a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
index dc345ac9320535fb34b3fc52bd138357a951f102..4e1f96b216a8ba86ee13385d20de5c75b9756826 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/policy_unpack.c
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static bool unpack_u8(struct aa_ext *e, u8 *data, const char *name)
 		if (!inbounds(e, sizeof(u8)))
 			goto fail;
 		if (data)
-			*data = get_unaligned((u8 *)e->pos);
+			*data = *((u8 *)e->pos);
 		e->pos += sizeof(u8);
 		return true;
 	}