diff --git a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
index 7138da3a697a..2de67b1a6ad8 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/audio/module_adapter/module/generic.h
@@ -191,13 +191,15 @@ int module_init(struct processing_module *mod);
 void *mod_balloc_align(struct processing_module *mod, size_t size, size_t alignment);
 static inline void *mod_balloc(struct processing_module *mod, size_t size)
 {
-	return mod_balloc_align(mod, size, 0);
+	/* IS_ALIGNED() crashes if alignment is 0, so use pointer size as default alignment */
+	return mod_balloc_align(mod, size, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 void *mod_alloc_align(struct processing_module *mod, size_t size, size_t alignment);
 static inline void *mod_alloc(struct processing_module *mod, size_t size)
 {
-	return mod_alloc_align(mod, size, 0);
+	/* IS_ALIGNED() crashes if alignment is 0, so use pointer size as default alignment */
+	return mod_alloc_align(mod, size, sizeof(void *));
 }
 
 static inline void *mod_zalloc(struct processing_module *mod, size_t size)