diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/insn.c b/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
index c565def611e2..55e371cc69fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 #include <asm/inat.h> /*__ignore_sync_check__ */
 #include <asm/insn.h> /* __ignore_sync_check__ */
+#include <asm/unaligned.h> /* __ignore_sync_check__ */
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kconfig.h>
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@
 	((insn)->next_byte + sizeof(t) + n <= (insn)->end_kaddr)
 
 #define __get_next(t, insn)	\
-	({ t r; memcpy(&r, insn->next_byte, sizeof(t)); insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
+	({ t r = get_unaligned((t *)(insn)->next_byte); (insn)->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
 
 #define __peek_nbyte_next(t, insn, n)	\
-	({ t r; memcpy(&r, (insn)->next_byte + n, sizeof(t)); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
+	({ t r = get_unaligned((t *)(insn)->next_byte + n); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
 
 #define get_next(t, insn)	\
 	({ if (unlikely(!validate_next(t, insn, 0))) goto err_out; __get_next(t, insn); })
diff --git a/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c b/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
index 797699462cd8..8fd63a067308 100644
--- a/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
+++ b/tools/arch/x86/lib/insn.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #endif
 #include "../include/asm/inat.h" /* __ignore_sync_check__ */
 #include "../include/asm/insn.h" /* __ignore_sync_check__ */
+#include "../include/asm-generic/unaligned.h" /* __ignore_sync_check__ */
 
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/kconfig.h>
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@
 	((insn)->next_byte + sizeof(t) + n <= (insn)->end_kaddr)
 
 #define __get_next(t, insn)	\
-	({ t r; memcpy(&r, insn->next_byte, sizeof(t)); insn->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
+	({ t r = get_unaligned((t *)(insn)->next_byte); (insn)->next_byte += sizeof(t); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
 
 #define __peek_nbyte_next(t, insn, n)	\
-	({ t r; memcpy(&r, (insn)->next_byte + n, sizeof(t)); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
+	({ t r = get_unaligned((t *)(insn)->next_byte + n); leXX_to_cpu(t, r); })
 
 #define get_next(t, insn)	\
 	({ if (unlikely(!validate_next(t, insn, 0))) goto err_out; __get_next(t, insn); })
diff --git a/tools/include/asm-generic/unaligned.h b/tools/include/asm-generic/unaligned.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..47387c607035
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/include/asm-generic/unaligned.h
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copied from the kernel sources to tools/perf/:
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_GENERIC_UNALIGNED_H
+#define __TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_GENERIC_UNALIGNED_H
+
+#define __get_unaligned_t(type, ptr) ({						\
+	const struct { type x; } __packed *__pptr = (typeof(__pptr))(ptr);	\
+	__pptr->x;								\
+})
+
+#define __put_unaligned_t(type, val, ptr) do {					\
+	struct { type x; } __packed *__pptr = (typeof(__pptr))(ptr);		\
+	__pptr->x = (val);							\
+} while (0)
+
+#define get_unaligned(ptr)	__get_unaligned_t(typeof(*(ptr)), (ptr))
+#define put_unaligned(val, ptr) __put_unaligned_t(typeof(*(ptr)), (val), (ptr))
+
+#endif /* __TOOLS_LINUX_ASM_GENERIC_UNALIGNED_H */
+
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
index bc629359826f..b41c2e9c6f88 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
+++ b/tools/perf/util/intel-pt-decoder/Build
@@ -18,3 +18,5 @@ CFLAGS_intel-pt-insn-decoder.o += -I$(OUTPUT)util/intel-pt-decoder
 ifeq ($(CC_NO_CLANG), 1)
   CFLAGS_intel-pt-insn-decoder.o += -Wno-override-init
 endif
+
+CFLAGS_intel-pt-insn-decoder.o += -Wno-packed