diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h
index 585630563..819d59364 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE std::complex<double>  ei_pfirst<Packet1cd>(const
 {
   EIGEN_ALIGN16 double res[2];
   _mm_store_pd(res, a.v);
-  return *(std::complex<double>*)res;
+  return std::complex<double>(res[0],res[1]);
 }
 
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet1cd ei_preverse(const Packet1cd& a) { return a; }