diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/PacketMath.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/PacketMath.h
index efb4f62d1..dc34ebbd6 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/PacketMath.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/AltiVec/PacketMath.h
@@ -295,15 +295,17 @@ template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4i ploadu<Packet4i>(const int* from)
 
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4f ploaddup<Packet4f>(const float*   from)
 {
-  Packet16uc tmp;
-  tmp = vec_ld(0, (unsigned char *)from);          // most significant quadword
-  return (Packet4f) vec_perm(tmp, tmp, p16uc_DUPLICATE);
+  Packet4f p;
+  if((ptrdiff_t(&from) % 16) == 0)  p = pload<Packet4f>(from);
+  else                              p = ploadu<Packet4f>(from);
+  return vec_perm(p, p, p16uc_DUPLICATE);
 }
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet4i ploaddup<Packet4i>(const int*     from)
 {
-  Packet16uc tmp;
-  tmp = vec_ld(0, (unsigned char *)from);          // most significant quadword
-  return (Packet4i) vec_perm(tmp, tmp, p16uc_DUPLICATE);
+  Packet4i p;
+  if((ptrdiff_t(&from) % 16) == 0)  p = pload<Packet4i>(from);
+  else                              p = ploadu<Packet4i>(from);
+  return vec_perm(p, p, p16uc_DUPLICATE);
 }
 
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void pstore<float>(float*   to, const Packet4f& from) { EIGEN_DEBUG_ALIGNED_STORE vec_st(from, 0, to); }