diff --git a/extras/memory/src/unity_memory.c b/extras/memory/src/unity_memory.c
index e112e8d564288cd523b62fed297790160432ed36..e4dc6654f3d2e18c67d7c9d20ac7a1efc6242f71 100644
--- a/extras/memory/src/unity_memory.c
+++ b/extras/memory/src/unity_memory.c
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ void* unity_malloc(size_t size)
     }
     else
     {
-        guard = (Guard*)&unity_heap[heap_index];
+        /* We know we can get away with this cast because we aligned memory already */
+        guard = (Guard*)(void*)(&unity_heap[heap_index]);
         heap_index += total_size;
     }
 #else