diff --git a/render/render.c b/render/render.c
index 1aea07d35..0f4bca92f 100644
--- a/render/render.c
+++ b/render/render.c
@@ -1340,7 +1340,7 @@ ProcRenderCompositeGlyphs (ClientPtr client)
 	{
 	    if (buffer + sizeof (GlyphSet) < end)
 	    {
-		gs = *(GlyphSet *) buffer;
+                memcpy(&gs, buffer, sizeof(GlyphSet));
 		glyphSet = (GlyphSetPtr) SecurityLookupIDByType (client,
 								 gs,
 								 GlyphSetType,