diff --git a/rtengine/dirpyr_equalizer.cc b/rtengine/dirpyr_equalizer.cc
index 9d0d2f9d5..f82b7f8bf 100644
--- a/rtengine/dirpyr_equalizer.cc
+++ b/rtengine/dirpyr_equalizer.cc
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ SSEFUNCTION void ImProcFunctions::dirpyr_channel(float ** data_fine, float ** da
 
                         for (int jnbr = j - scalewin, indexjhlp = 0; jnbr <= j + scalewin; jnbr += scale, indexjhlp++) {
                             dftemp2v = LVFU(data_fine[inbr][jnbr]);
-                            dirwtv = _mm_load_ps((float*)&domkerv[indexihlp][indexjhlp]) / (vabsf(dftemp1v - dftemp2v) + thousandv);
+                            dirwtv = LVF(domkerv[indexihlp][indexjhlp]) / (vabsf(dftemp1v - dftemp2v) + thousandv);
                             valv += dirwtv * dftemp2v;
                             normv += dirwtv;
                         }
diff --git a/rtengine/helpersse2.h b/rtengine/helpersse2.h
index d4290bacc..da1691748 100644
--- a/rtengine/helpersse2.h
+++ b/rtengine/helpersse2.h
@@ -22,18 +22,18 @@ typedef __m128i vint2;
 //
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #if ((__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9) || __GNUC__ > 4) && (!defined(WIN32) || defined( __x86_64__ ))
-#define LVF(x) _mm_load_ps(&x)
+#define LVF(x) _mm_load_ps((float*)&x)
 #define LVFU(x) _mm_loadu_ps(&x)
 #define STVF(x,y) _mm_store_ps(&x,y)
 #define STVFU(x,y) _mm_storeu_ps(&x,y)
 #else // there is a bug in gcc 4.7.x when using openmp and aligned memory and -O3, also need to map the aligned functions to unaligned functions for WIN32 builds
-#define LVF(x) _mm_loadu_ps(&x)
+#define LVF(x) _mm_loadu_ps((float*)&x)
 #define LVFU(x) _mm_loadu_ps(&x)
 #define STVF(x,y) _mm_storeu_ps(&x,y)
 #define STVFU(x,y) _mm_storeu_ps(&x,y)
 #endif
 #else
-#define LVF(x) _mm_load_ps(&x)
+#define LVF(x) _mm_load_ps((float*)&x)
 #define LVFU(x) _mm_loadu_ps(&x)
 #define STVF(x,y) _mm_store_ps(&x,y)
 #define STVFU(x,y) _mm_storeu_ps(&x,y)
diff --git a/rtengine/shmap.cc b/rtengine/shmap.cc
index 38ac68a12..ac77da25d 100644
--- a/rtengine/shmap.cc
+++ b/rtengine/shmap.cc
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ SSEFUNCTION void SHMap::dirpyr_shmap(float ** data_fine, float ** data_coarse, i
 
                         for (int jnbr = j - scalewin, indexjhlp = 0; jnbr <= j + scalewin; jnbr += scale, indexjhlp++) {
                             dftemp2v = LVFU(data_fine[inbr][jnbr]);
-                            dirwtv = ( _mm_load_ps((float*)&domkerv[indexihlp][indexjhlp]) * rangefn[_mm_cvttps_epi32(vabsf(dftemp2v - dftemp1v))] );
+                            dirwtv = ( LVF(domkerv[indexihlp][indexjhlp]) * rangefn[_mm_cvttps_epi32(vabsf(dftemp2v - dftemp1v))] );
                             valv += dirwtv * dftemp2v;
                             normv += dirwtv;
                         }