diff --git a/compiler/aggas.pas b/compiler/aggas.pas
index 2c17e85ef7..68c69aba48 100644
--- a/compiler/aggas.pas
+++ b/compiler/aggas.pas
@@ -1029,14 +1029,13 @@ implementation
                          else if (constdef in ait_unaligned_consts) and
                                  (target_info.system in use_ua_elf_systems) then
                            AsmWrite(ait_ua_elf_const2str[constdef])
-                          else if not(target_info.system in systems_aix) or
-                            (constdef<>aitconst_64bit) then
-                           AsmWrite(ait_const2str[constdef])
+                         { we can also have unaligned pointers in packed record
+                           constants, which don't get translated into
+                           unaligned tai -> always use vbyte }
+                         else if target_info.system in systems_aix then
+                            AsmWrite(#9'.vbyte'#9+tostr(tai_const(hp).size)+',')
                          else
-                           { can't use .llong, because that forces 8 byte
-                             alignnment and we sometimes store addresses on
-                             4-byte aligned addresses (e.g. in the RTTI) }
-                           AsmWrite('.vbyte'#9'8,');
+                           AsmWrite(ait_const2str[constdef]);
                          l:=0;
                          t := '';
                          repeat