diff -Naur a/src/dp.h b/src/dp.h
--- a/src/dp.h	2018-12-05 16:17:42.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/dp.h	2019-09-02 19:20:06.293526947 +0000
@@ -70,8 +70,11 @@
 #define format_guid(buf, size, off, dp_type, guid) ({			\
 		int _rc;						\
 		char *_guidstr = NULL;					\
+		efi_guid_t _guid;					\
+		const efi_guid_t * const _guid_p = &_guid;		\
 									\
-		_rc = efi_guid_to_str(guid, &_guidstr);			\
+		memmove(&_guid, guid, sizeof(_guid));			\
+		_rc = efi_guid_to_str(_guid_p, &_guidstr);		\
 		if (_rc < 0) {						\
 			efi_error("could not build %s GUID DP string",	\
 				  dp_type);				\
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@
 			_guidstr = onstack(_guidstr,			\
 					   strlen(_guidstr)+1);		\
 			_rc = format(buf, size, off, dp_type, "%s",	\
-				     _guidstr);	\
+				     _guidstr);				\
 		}							\
 		_rc;							\
 	})
diff -Naur a/src/dp-message.c b/src/dp-message.c
--- a/src/dp-message.c	2018-12-05 16:17:42.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/dp-message.c	2019-09-02 19:20:06.293526947 +0000
@@ -620,11 +620,13 @@
 			  ) / sizeof(efi_ip_addr_t);
 		format(buf, size, off, "Dns", "Dns(");
 		for (int i=0; i < end; i++) {
-			const efi_ip_addr_t *addr = &dp->dns.addrs[i];
+			efi_ip_addr_t addr;
+
+			memcpy(&addr, &dp->dns.addrs[i], sizeof(addr));
 			if (i != 0)
 				format(buf, size, off, "Dns", ",");
 			format_ip_addr(buf, size, off, "Dns",
-				       dp->dns.is_ipv6, addr);
+				       dp->dns.is_ipv6, &addr);
 		}
 		format(buf, size, off, "Dns", ")");
 		break;
diff -Naur a/src/guid.c b/src/guid.c
--- a/src/guid.c	2018-12-05 16:17:42.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/guid.c	2019-09-02 19:20:06.293526947 +0000
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 extern const efi_guid_t efi_guid_zero;
 
 int NONNULL(1, 2) PUBLIC
-efi_guid_cmp(const efi_guid_t *a, const efi_guid_t *b)
+efi_guid_cmp(const void * const a, const void * const b)
 {
 	return memcmp(a, b, sizeof (efi_guid_t));
 }
diff -Naur a/src/include/efivar/efivar.h b/src/include/efivar/efivar.h
--- a/src/include/efivar/efivar.h	2018-12-05 16:17:42.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/include/efivar/efivar.h	2019-09-02 19:20:06.293526947 +0000
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
 
 extern int efi_guid_is_zero(const efi_guid_t *guid);
 extern int efi_guid_is_empty(const efi_guid_t *guid);
-extern int efi_guid_cmp(const efi_guid_t *a, const efi_guid_t *b);
+extern int efi_guid_cmp(const void * const a, const void * const b);
 
 /* import / export functions */
 typedef struct efi_variable efi_variable_t;
diff -Naur a/src/ucs2.h b/src/ucs2.h
--- a/src/ucs2.h	2018-12-05 16:17:42.000000000 +0000
+++ b/src/ucs2.h	2019-09-02 19:20:06.293526947 +0000
@@ -23,16 +23,21 @@
 	(((val) & ((mask) << (shift))) >> (shift))
 
 static inline size_t UNUSED
-ucs2len(const uint16_t * const s, ssize_t limit)
+ucs2len(const void *vs, ssize_t limit)
 {
 	ssize_t i;
-	for (i = 0; i < (limit >= 0 ? limit : i+1) && s[i] != (uint16_t)0; i++)
+	const uint16_t *s = vs;
+	const uint8_t *s8 = vs;
+
+	for (i = 0;
+	     i < (limit >= 0 ? limit : i+1) && s8[0] != 0 && s8[1] != 0;
+	     i++, s8 += 2, s++)
 		;
 	return i;
 }
 
 static inline size_t UNUSED
-ucs2size(const uint16_t * const s, ssize_t limit)
+ucs2size(const void *s, ssize_t limit)
 {
 	size_t rc = ucs2len(s, limit);
 	rc *= sizeof (uint16_t);
@@ -69,10 +74,11 @@
 }
 
 static inline unsigned char * UNUSED
-ucs2_to_utf8(const uint16_t * const chars, ssize_t limit)
+ucs2_to_utf8(const void * const voidchars, ssize_t limit)
 {
 	ssize_t i, j;
 	unsigned char *ret;
+	const uint16_t * const chars = voidchars;
 
 	if (limit < 0)
 		limit = ucs2len(chars, -1);
@@ -124,10 +130,12 @@
 }
 
 static inline ssize_t UNUSED NONNULL(4)
-utf8_to_ucs2(uint16_t *ucs2, ssize_t size, int terminate, uint8_t *utf8)
+utf8_to_ucs2(void *ucs2void, ssize_t size, int terminate, uint8_t *utf8)
 {
 	ssize_t req;
 	ssize_t i, j;
+	uint16_t *ucs2 = ucs2void;
+	uint16_t val16;
 
 	if (!ucs2 && size > 0) {
 		errno = EINVAL;
@@ -162,10 +170,13 @@
 			val = utf8[i] & 0x7f;
 			i += 1;
 		}
-		ucs2[j] = val;
+		val16 = val;
+		ucs2[j] = val16;
+	}
+	if (terminate) {
+		val16 = 0;
+		ucs2[j++] = val16;
 	}
-	if (terminate)
-		ucs2[j++] = (uint16_t)0;
 	return j;
 };