case AF_INET:
                return addr->a4 == 0;
        case AF_INET6:
-               return ipv6_addr_any((struct in6_addr *)&addr->a6);
+               return ipv6_addr_any(&addr->in6);
        }
        return 0;
 }
                memcpy(&daddr->a4, &fl->u.ip4.daddr, sizeof(daddr->a4));
                break;
        case AF_INET6:
-               *(struct in6_addr *)saddr->a6 = fl->u.ip6.saddr;
-               *(struct in6_addr *)daddr->a6 = fl->u.ip6.daddr;
+               saddr->in6 = fl->u.ip6.saddr;
+               daddr->in6 = fl->u.ip6.daddr;
                break;
        }
 }
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_XFRM_H
 #define _LINUX_XFRM_H
 
+#include <linux/in6.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
 /* All of the structures in this file may not change size as they are
 typedef union {
        __be32          a4;
        __be32          a6[4];
+       struct in6_addr in6;
 } xfrm_address_t;
 
 /* Ident of a specific xfrm_state. It is used on input to lookup
 
 
        ip6h = ipv6_hdr(skb);
        ip6h->payload_len = htons(skb->len - size);
-       ip6h->daddr = *(struct in6_addr *)&x->sel.daddr.a6;
-       ip6h->saddr = *(struct in6_addr *)&x->sel.saddr.a6;
+       ip6h->daddr = x->sel.daddr.in6;
+       ip6h->saddr = x->sel.saddr.in6;
        err = 0;
 out:
        return err;
 
                return -EHOSTUNREACH;
 
        dev = ip6_dst_idev(dst)->dev;
-       ipv6_dev_get_saddr(dev_net(dev), dev,
-                          (struct in6_addr *)&daddr->a6, 0,
-                          (struct in6_addr *)&saddr->a6);
+       ipv6_dev_get_saddr(dev_net(dev), dev, &daddr->in6, 0, &saddr->in6);
        dst_release(dst);
        return 0;
 }
 
                sin6->sin6_family = AF_INET6;
                sin6->sin6_port = port;
                sin6->sin6_flowinfo = 0;
-               sin6->sin6_addr = *(struct in6_addr *)xaddr->a6;
+               sin6->sin6_addr = xaddr->in6;
                sin6->sin6_scope_id = 0;
                return 128;
            }
 
                        break;
 
                case AF_INET6:
-                       *(struct in6_addr *)x->sel.daddr.a6 = *(struct in6_addr *)daddr;
-                       *(struct in6_addr *)x->sel.saddr.a6 = *(struct in6_addr *)saddr;
+                       x->sel.daddr.in6 = daddr->in6;
+                       x->sel.saddr.in6 = saddr->in6;
                        x->sel.prefixlen_d = 128;
                        x->sel.prefixlen_s = 128;
-                       *(struct in6_addr *)x->props.saddr.a6 = *(struct in6_addr *)saddr;
-                       *(struct in6_addr *)x->id.daddr.a6 = *(struct in6_addr *)daddr;
+                       x->props.saddr.in6 = saddr->in6;
+                       x->id.daddr.in6 = daddr->in6;
                        break;
                }