diff --git a/compiler/verbose.pas b/compiler/verbose.pas
index 62a910d8ba..3a1bd87e07 100644
--- a/compiler/verbose.pas
+++ b/compiler/verbose.pas
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ implementation
         pstate:=unaligned(fstate);
         while assigned(pstate) do
           begin
-            fstate:=pstate^.next;
+            unaligned(fstate):=pstate^.next;
             freemem(pstate);
             pstate:=unaligned(fstate);
           end;