diff --git a/stand/libsa/smbios.c b/stand/libsa/smbios.c
--- a/stand/libsa/smbios.c
+++ b/stand/libsa/smbios.c
@@ -96,10 +96,45 @@
 #define	SMBIOS3_SIG		"_SM3_"
 #define	SMBIOS_DMI_SIG		"_DMI_"
 
-#define	SMBIOS_GET8(base, off)	(*(uint8_t *)((base) + (off)))
-#define	SMBIOS_GET16(base, off)	(*(uint16_t *)((base) + (off)))
-#define	SMBIOS_GET32(base, off)	(*(uint32_t *)((base) + (off)))
-#define	SMBIOS_GET64(base, off)	(*(uint64_t *)((base) + (off)))
+/*
+ * Some arm environments have unalgined accesses mapped to a bus error,
+ * so we have to use our friend memcpy to get these unaligned values.
+ */
+
+static inline uint8_t
+SMBIOS_GET8(const caddr_t base, int off)
+{
+	uint8_t *bp = (uint8_t *)base + off;
+
+	return (*bp);
+}
+
+static inline uint16_t
+SMBIOS_GET16(const caddr_t base, int off)
+{
+	uint16_t v;
+
+	memcpy(&v, base + off, sizeof(v));
+	return (v);
+}
+
+static inline uint32_t
+SMBIOS_GET32(const caddr_t base, int off)
+{
+	uint32_t v;
+
+	memcpy(&v, base + off, sizeof(v));
+	return (v);
+}
+
+static inline uint64_t
+SMBIOS_GET64(const caddr_t base, int off)
+{
+	uint64_t v;
+
+	memcpy(&v, base + off, sizeof(v));
+	return (v);
+}
 
 #define	SMBIOS_GETLEN(base)	SMBIOS_GET8(base, 0x01)
 #define	SMBIOS_GETSTR(base)	((base) + SMBIOS_GETLEN(base))
@@ -195,7 +230,7 @@
 #define	UUID_TYPE		uint32_t
 #define	UUID_STEP		sizeof(UUID_TYPE)
 #define	UUID_ALL_BITS		(UUID_SIZE / UUID_STEP)
-#define	UUID_GET(base, off)	(*(UUID_TYPE *)((base) + (off)))
+#define	UUID_GET(base, off)	SMBIOS_GET32(base, off)
 
 static void
 smbios_setuuid(const char *name, const caddr_t addr, const int ver __unused)