diff --git a/code/AssetLib/M3D/M3DExporter.cpp b/code/AssetLib/M3D/M3DExporter.cpp
index 9583636a1..d26722b17 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/M3D/M3DExporter.cpp
+++ b/code/AssetLib/M3D/M3DExporter.cpp
@@ -197,12 +197,15 @@ M3D_INDEX addMaterial(const Assimp::M3DWrapper &m3d, const aiMaterial *mat) {
                         break;
                     case m3dpf_float:
                         if (mat->Get(aiProps[k].pKey, aiProps[k].type,
-                                    aiProps[k].index, f) == AI_SUCCESS)
+                                    aiProps[k].index, f) == AI_SUCCESS) {
+                            uint32_t f_uint32;
+                            memcpy(&f_uint32, &f, sizeof(uint32_t));
                             addProp(&m3d->material[mi],
                                     m3d_propertytypes[k].id,
                                     /* not (uint32_t)f, because we don't want to convert
                                          * it, we want to see it as 32 bits of memory */
-                                    *((uint32_t *)&f));
+                                    f_uint32);
+                        }
                         break;
                     case m3dpf_uint8:
                         if (mat->Get(aiProps[k].pKey, aiProps[k].type,
diff --git a/code/AssetLib/M3D/m3d.h b/code/AssetLib/M3D/m3d.h
index 905ff5095..c25c633ba 100644
--- a/code/AssetLib/M3D/m3d.h
+++ b/code/AssetLib/M3D/m3d.h
@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ m3d_t *m3d_load(unsigned char *data, m3dread_t readfilecb, m3dfree_t freecb, m3d
                         case 4: f = (float)(*((float *)(data + 0))); break;
                         case 8: f = (float)(*((double *)(data + 0))); break;
                         }
-                        h->cmd[i].arg[k] = *((uint32_t *)&f);
+                        memcpy(&(h->cmd[i].arg[k]), &f, sizeof(uint32_t));
                         data += model->vc_s;
                         break;
                     case m3dcp_hi_t: data = _m3d_getidx(data, model->hi_s, &h->cmd[i].arg[k]); break;