diff --git a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c
index dfa74b32eda2..8319e365110b 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/apple/rtkit-crashlog.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs {
 	u64 unk_X;
 	u64 esr;
 	u64 unk_Z;
-};
+} __packed;
 static_assert(sizeof(struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs) == 0x350);
 
 static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_str(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
@@ -126,18 +126,18 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_mailbox(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
 static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
 					   size_t size)
 {
-	struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs regs;
+	struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs *regs;
 	const char *el;
 	int i;
 
-	if (size < sizeof(regs)) {
+	if (size < sizeof(*regs)) {
 		dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: Regs section too small: 0x%zx", size);
 		return;
 	}
 
-	memcpy(&regs, bfr, sizeof(regs));
+	regs = (struct apple_rtkit_crashlog_regs *)bfr;
 
-	switch (regs.psr & PSR_MODE_MASK) {
+	switch (regs->psr & PSR_MODE_MASK) {
 	case PSR_MODE_EL0t:
 		el = "EL0t";
 		break;
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
 
 	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "RTKit: Exception dump:");
 	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  == Exception taken from %s ==", el);
-	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PSR    = 0x%llx", regs.psr);
-	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PC     = 0x%llx\n", regs.pc);
-	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  ESR    = 0x%llx\n", regs.esr);
-	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  FAR    = 0x%llx\n", regs.far);
-	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  SP     = 0x%llx\n", regs.sp);
+	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PSR    = 0x%llx", regs->psr);
+	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  PC     = 0x%llx\n", regs->pc);
+	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  ESR    = 0x%llx\n", regs->esr);
+	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  FAR    = 0x%llx\n", regs->far);
+	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "  SP     = 0x%llx\n", regs->sp);
 	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "\n");
 
 	for (i = 0; i < 31; i += 4) {
@@ -172,12 +172,12 @@ static void apple_rtkit_crashlog_dump_regs(struct apple_rtkit *rtk, u8 *bfr,
 			dev_warn(rtk->dev,
 					 "  x%02d-x%02d = %016llx %016llx %016llx %016llx\n",
 					 i, i + 3,
-					 regs.regs[i], regs.regs[i + 1],
-					 regs.regs[i + 2], regs.regs[i + 3]);
+					 regs->regs[i], regs->regs[i + 1],
+					 regs->regs[i + 2], regs->regs[i + 3]);
 		else
 			dev_warn(rtk->dev,
 					 "  x%02d-x%02d = %016llx %016llx %016llx\n", i, i + 3,
-					 regs.regs[i], regs.regs[i + 1], regs.regs[i + 2]);
+					 regs->regs[i], regs->regs[i + 1], regs->regs[i + 2]);
 	}
 
 	dev_warn(rtk->dev, "\n");