diff --git a/src/hash.cpp b/src/hash.cpp
index a7eb5a2a0..20d5d2177 100644
--- a/src/hash.cpp
+++ b/src/hash.cpp
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@
 // file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 
 #include "hash.h"
+#include "crypto/common.h"
 #include "crypto/hmac_sha512.h"
 
+
 inline uint32_t ROTL32(uint32_t x, int8_t r)
 {
     return (x << r) | (x >> (32 - r));
@@ -23,10 +25,10 @@ unsigned int MurmurHash3(unsigned int nHashSeed, const std::vector<unsigned char
 
         //----------
         // body
-        const uint32_t* blocks = (const uint32_t*)(&vDataToHash[0] + nblocks * 4);
+        const uint8_t* blocks = &vDataToHash[0] + nblocks * 4;
 
         for (int i = -nblocks; i; i++) {
-            uint32_t k1 = blocks[i];
+            uint32_t k1 = ReadLE32(blocks + i*4);
 
             k1 *= c1;
             k1 = ROTL32(k1, 15);