diff --git a/scheduler/pthread.c b/scheduler/pthread.c
index a82d3b57800308af05c55620014aa124229cd2c9..7bf27f6723af760025aa89f740a4c3add0a8d827 100644
--- a/scheduler/pthread.c
+++ b/scheduler/pthread.c
@@ -198,8 +198,9 @@ int pthread_attr_setschedparam(pthread_attr_t *attr,
 int __pthread_once(pthread_once_t *once_control, void (*init_routine)(void))
 {
   static pthread_once_t the_once = PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT;
-  LONG once_now = *(LONG *)&the_once;
+  LONG once_now;
 
+  memcpy(&once_now,&the_once,sizeof(once_now));
   if (InterlockedCompareExchange((LONG*)once_control, once_now+1, once_now) == once_now)
     (*init_routine)();
   return 0;
diff --git a/scheduler/timer.c b/scheduler/timer.c
index 3fe9dff3abed1cb1d507c5d5ec822e9d5e2fcf7b..c3026e5296002d1493794cde71be60161fb8b00d 100644
--- a/scheduler/timer.c
+++ b/scheduler/timer.c
@@ -147,7 +147,11 @@ BOOL WINAPI SetWaitableTimer( HANDLE handle, const LARGE_INTEGER *when, LONG per
         else
         {
             DWORD remainder;
-            req->sec  = DOSFS_FileTimeToUnixTime( (FILETIME *)&exp, &remainder );
+            FILETIME ft;
+
+            ft.dwLowDateTime	= exp.s.LowPart;
+            ft.dwHighDateTime	= exp.s.HighPart;
+            req->sec  = DOSFS_FileTimeToUnixTime( &ft, &remainder );
             req->usec = remainder / 10;  /* convert from 100-ns to us units */
         }
         req->handle   = handle;