--- ./libxipc/xrl_atom.cc.orig	2008-10-27 11:41:32.000000000 +0000
+++ ./libxipc/xrl_atom.cc	2008-10-27 11:42:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "libxorp/c_format.hh"
 #include "libxorp/xlog.h"
 
+#include "libproto/packet.hh"
+
 #include <map>
 #include <string>
 
@@ -1062,8 +1064,7 @@
     if (len < sizeof(tl))
 	return 0;
 
-    tl = *(reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(buf));
-    tl = ntohl(tl);
+    tl = extract_32(buf);
 
     buf += sizeof(tl);
     len -= sizeof(tl);