diff --git a/core/storage/btree.rs b/core/storage/btree.rs
index 31e89b01f..65659c4b3 100644
--- a/core/storage/btree.rs
+++ b/core/storage/btree.rs
@@ -2857,7 +2857,8 @@ impl BTreeCursor {
 
                     // load sibling pages
                     // start loading right page first
-                    let mut pgno: u32 = unsafe { right_pointer.cast::<u32>().read().swap_bytes() };
+                    let mut pgno: u32 =
+                        unsafe { right_pointer.cast::<u32>().read_unaligned().swap_bytes() };
                     let current_sibling = sibling_pointer;
                     let mut group = CompletionGroup::new(|_| {});
                     for i in (0..=current_sibling).rev() {