struct pedit_headers *set_masks, *add_masks, *set_vals, *add_vals;
        int i, action_size, nactions, max_actions, first, last, first_z;
        void *s_masks_p, *a_masks_p, *vals_p;
-       u32 s_mask, a_mask, val;
        struct mlx5_fields *f;
        u8 cmd, field_bsize;
+       u32 s_mask, a_mask;
        unsigned long mask;
        void *action;
 
        for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(fields); i++) {
                f = &fields[i];
                /* avoid seeing bits set from previous iterations */
-               s_mask = a_mask = mask = val = 0;
+               s_mask = 0;
+               a_mask = 0;
 
                s_masks_p = (void *)set_masks + f->offset;
                a_masks_p = (void *)add_masks + f->offset;
                        memset(a_masks_p, 0, f->size);
                }
 
-               memcpy(&val, vals_p, f->size);
-
                field_bsize = f->size * BITS_PER_BYTE;
+
                first_z = find_first_zero_bit(&mask, field_bsize);
                first = find_first_bit(&mask, field_bsize);
                last  = find_last_bit(&mask, field_bsize);
                }
 
                if (field_bsize == 32)
-                       MLX5_SET(set_action_in, action, data, ntohl(val));
+                       MLX5_SET(set_action_in, action, data, ntohl(*(__be32 *)vals_p));
                else if (field_bsize == 16)
-                       MLX5_SET(set_action_in, action, data, ntohs(val));
+                       MLX5_SET(set_action_in, action, data, ntohs(*(__be16 *)vals_p));
                else if (field_bsize == 8)
-                       MLX5_SET(set_action_in, action, data, val);
+                       MLX5_SET(set_action_in, action, data, *(u8 *)vals_p);
 
                action += action_size;
                nactions++;