diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h
index 259aebe2c..b288c4cdc 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/arch/SSE/Complex.h
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE void ei_prefetch<std::complex<double> >(const std
 
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE std::complex<double>  ei_pfirst<Packet1cd>(const Packet1cd& a)
 {
-  EIGEN_ALIGN16 std::complex<double> res;
-  _mm_store_pd((double*)&res, a.v);
-  return res;
+  EIGEN_ALIGN16 double res[2];
+  _mm_store_pd(res, a.v);
+  return *(std::complex<double>*)res;
 }
 
 template<> EIGEN_STRONG_INLINE Packet1cd ei_preverse(const Packet1cd& a) { return a; }