diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index bf23a003c..285341417 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	  `queries_cookie_valid` and `queries_cookie_client` and
 	  `queries_cookie_invalid` information. The `ip\-ratelimit\-cookie:`
 	  value determines a rate limit for queries with cookies, if desired.
+	- Fix regional_alloc_init for potential unaligned source of the copy.
 
 2 August 2023: George
 	- Move a cache reply callback in worker.c closer to the cache reply
diff --git a/util/regional.c b/util/regional.c
index 93e911c5e..44aee68b2 100644
--- a/util/regional.c
+++ b/util/regional.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ regional_alloc_init(struct regional* r, const void *init, size_t size)
 {
 	void *s = regional_alloc(r, size);
 	if(!s) return NULL;
-	memcpy(s, init, size);
+	memmove(s, init, size);
 	return s;
 }