diff --git a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
index ba000c27cb..6e2c83065c 100644
--- a/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
+++ b/src/sys/socket/mod.rs
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ impl ControlMessageOwned {
             },
             #[cfg(any(target_os = "linux"))]
             (libc::SOL_TLS, libc::TLS_GET_RECORD_TYPE) => {
-                let content_type = ptr::read_unaligned(p as *const u8);
+                let content_type = unsafe { ptr::read_unaligned(p as *const u8) };
                 ControlMessageOwned::TlsGetRecordType(content_type.into())
             },
             (_, _) => {