diff --git a/libavutil/crc.c b/libavutil/crc.c
index ed065d8d50..6fa14fcc58 100644
--- a/libavutil/crc.c
+++ b/libavutil/crc.c
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ uint32_t av_crc(const AVCRC *ctx, uint32_t crc, const uint8_t *buffer, size_t le
     const uint8_t *end= buffer+length;
 
 #if !CONFIG_SMALL
-    if(!ctx[256])
+    if(!ctx[256]) {
+        while(((intptr_t) buffer & 3) && buffer < end)
+            crc = ctx[((uint8_t)crc) ^ *buffer++] ^ (crc >> 8);
+
         while(buffer<end-3){
             crc ^= le2me_32(*(const uint32_t*)buffer); buffer+=4;
             crc =  ctx[3*256 + ( crc     &0xFF)]
@@ -123,6 +126,7 @@ uint32_t av_crc(const AVCRC *ctx, uint32_t crc, const uint8_t *buffer, size_t le
                   ^ctx[1*256 + ((crc>>16)&0xFF)]
                   ^ctx[0*256 + ((crc>>24)     )];
         }
+    }
 #endif
     while(buffer<end)
         crc = ctx[((uint8_t)crc) ^ *buffer++] ^ (crc >> 8);