diff --git a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/event_processor.rs b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/event_processor.rs
index 4eb99cac..4b233ec6 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/event_processor.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/linux/x11/event_processor.rs
@@ -1424,7 +1424,7 @@ impl EventProcessor {
             if !xinput2::XIMaskIsSet(mask, i) {
                 continue;
             }
-            let x = unsafe { *value };
+            let x = unsafe { value.read_unaligned() };
 
             // We assume that every XInput2 device with analog axes is a pointing device emitting
             // relative coordinates.