diff --git a/gen/tollvm.cpp b/gen/tollvm.cpp
index 6378f5bd..da1dd525 100644
--- a/gen/tollvm.cpp
+++ b/gen/tollvm.cpp
@@ -535,13 +535,7 @@ llvm::ConstantFP* DtoConstFP(Type* t, long double value)
     else if(llty == LLType::X86_FP80Ty) {
         uint64_t bits[] = {0, 0};
         bits[1] = *(uint16_t*)&value;
-        bits[0] = *((uint16_t*)&value + 4);
-        bits[0] <<= 16;
-        bits[0] += *((uint16_t*)&value + 3);
-        bits[0] <<= 16;
-        bits[0] += *((uint16_t*)&value + 2);
-        bits[0] <<= 16;
-        bits[0] += *((uint16_t*)&value + 1);
+        bits[0] = *(uint64_t*)((uint16_t*)&value + 1);
         return LLConstantFP::get(APFloat(APInt(80, 2, bits)));
     } else {
         assert(0 && "Unknown floating point type encountered");