diff --git a/ipv4/control_bsd.go b/ipv4/control_bsd.go
index 19845c55..9158daf2 100644
--- a/ipv4/control_bsd.go
+++ b/ipv4/control_bsd.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ func marshalInterface(b []byte, cm *ControlMessage) []byte {
 }
 
 func parseInterface(cm *ControlMessage, b []byte) {
-	sadl := (*syscall.SockaddrDatalink)(unsafe.Pointer(&b[0]))
+	var sadl syscall.SockaddrDatalink
+	copy((*[unsafe.Sizeof(&sadl)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&sadl))[:], b)
 	cm.IfIndex = int(sadl.Index)
 }