--- old/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp	2015-03-11 17:09:28.880264479 +0000
+++ new/src/cpu/aarch64/vm/vm_version_aarch64.cpp	2015-03-11 17:09:28.767267961 +0000
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@
     }
   }
 
+  // This machine allows unaligned memory accesses
+  if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(UseUnalignedAccesses)) {
+    FLAG_SET_DEFAULT(UseUnalignedAccesses, true);
+  }
+
 #ifdef COMPILER2
   if (FLAG_IS_DEFAULT(OptoScheduling)) {
     OptoScheduling = true;