diff -Naur rsync-3.0.7.old/syscall.c rsync-3.0.7.new/syscall.c
--- rsync-3.0.7.old/syscall.c	2010-02-05 22:37:11.000000000 -0500
+++ rsync-3.0.7.new/syscall.c	2010-02-05 22:40:02.000000000 -0500
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
 extern int preserve_perms;
 extern int preserve_executability;
 
-struct create_time {
-	unsigned long length;
-	struct timespec crtime;
-};
-
 #define RETURN_ERROR_IF(x,e) \
 	do { \
 		if (x) { \
@@ -402,7 +397,8 @@
 
 time_t get_create_time(const char *path)
 {
-	static struct create_time attrBuf;
+	static char attrBuf[sizeof(u_int32_t) + sizeof(struct timespec)];
+	static struct timespec  *crtime = (struct timespec*)&attrBuf[sizeof(u_int32_t)];
 	struct attrlist attrList;
 
 	memset(&attrList, 0, sizeof attrList);
@@ -410,7 +406,7 @@
 	attrList.commonattr = ATTR_CMN_CRTIME;
 	if (getattrlist(path, &attrList, &attrBuf, sizeof attrBuf, FSOPT_NOFOLLOW) < 0)
 		return 0;
-	return attrBuf.crtime.tv_sec;
+	return crtime->tv_sec;
 }
 
 int set_create_time(const char *path, time_t crtime)