Assertion 'VG_IS_WORD_ALIGNED(a)' failed

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I get the above error when I start my process under valgrind to detect memory leaks. Any hints on how to disable this check or get around it?

==9462== HEAP SUMMARY:
==9462== in use at exit: 74,481,463 bytes in 50,634 blocks
==9462== total heap usage: 69,618 allocs, 18,617 frees, 81,067,009 bytes allocated
==9462==

Memcheck: mc_main.c:5874 (vgMemCheck_is_valid_aligned_word): Assertion ‘VG_IS_WORD_ALIGNED(a)’ failed.

host stacktrace:
==9462== at 0x5804A35C: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x5804A487: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x5804A62D: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x58013641: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x58000948: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x5800167F: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x58001B22: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x58003A9E: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x580072A2: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x580C4333: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)
==9462== by 0x580FAE37: ??? (in /usr/libexec/valgrind/memcheck-amd64-linux)

sched status:
running_tid=1

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Is there any reason not to suspect that this is an actual issue with your program that needs to be debugged?

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The program runs and works fine with no valgrind.
Any hints on why valgrind memcheck is complaining?
Is there a way to mask this alignment check?