diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/DSP/DSPHWInterface.cpp b/Source/Core/Core/DSP/DSPHWInterface.cpp
index c5fb7a3397..09b66f42e2 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/DSP/DSPHWInterface.cpp
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/DSP/DSPHWInterface.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
 #include "Core/DSP/DSPHWInterface.h"
 
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstring>
+
 #include "Common/CPUDetect.h"
 #include "Common/CommonTypes.h"
 #include "Common/Hash.h"
@@ -228,23 +231,22 @@ u16 gdsp_ifx_read(u16 addr)
 
 static const u8* gdsp_idma_in(u16 dsp_addr, u32 addr, u32 size)
 {
+  u16* dst = g_dsp.iram + (dsp_addr / 2);
+
   const u8* code = &g_dsp.cpu_ram[addr & 0x0fffffff];
   g_dsp.iram_crc = HashEctor(code, size);
 
   Common::UnWriteProtectMemory(g_dsp.iram, DSP_IRAM_BYTE_SIZE, false);
-
-  u8* dst = ((u8*)g_dsp.iram);
-  for (u32 i = 0; i < size; i += 2)
-  {
-    *(u16*)&dst[dsp_addr + i] = Common::swap16(*(const u16*)&code[i]);
-  }
+  memcpy(dst, code, size);
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < size / 2; i++)
+    dst[i] = Common::swap16(dst[i]);
   Common::WriteProtectMemory(g_dsp.iram, DSP_IRAM_BYTE_SIZE, false);
 
   Host::CodeLoaded(code, size);
   NOTICE_LOG(DSPLLE, "*** Copy new UCode from 0x%08x to 0x%04x (crc: %8x)", addr, dsp_addr,
              g_dsp.iram_crc);
 
-  return dst + dsp_addr;
+  return reinterpret_cast<u8*>(dst);
 }
 
 static const u8* gdsp_idma_out(u16 dsp_addr, u32 addr, u32 size)