diff --git a/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c b/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c
index 89dcf0fd8..63ce6976b 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c
+++ b/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c
@@ -1900,7 +1900,10 @@ static int handleSock5Proxy(const char *proxy_name,
     }
   }
 
-  *((unsigned short*)&socksreq[8]) = htons(conn->remote_port);
+  {
+    unsigned short s = htons(conn->remote_port);
+    memcpy(socksreq+8, &s, sizeof(unsigned short));
+  }
 
   {
     const int packetsize = 10;
@@ -1923,11 +1926,14 @@ static int handleSock5Proxy(const char *proxy_name,
       return 1;
     }
     if (socksreq[1] != 0) { /* Anything besides 0 is an error */
+        unsigned short sh;
+        memcpy(&sh, socksreq+8, sizeof(unsigned short));
+
         failf(conn->data,
               "Can't complete SOCKS5 connection to %d.%d.%d.%d:%d. (%d)",
               (unsigned char)socksreq[4], (unsigned char)socksreq[5],
               (unsigned char)socksreq[6], (unsigned char)socksreq[7],
-              (unsigned int)ntohs(*(unsigned short*)(&socksreq[8])),
+              (unsigned int)ntohs(sh),
               socksreq[1]);
         return 1;
     }