diff --git a/drivers/usb/dwc3/debug.h b/drivers/usb/dwc3/debug.h
index 3d16dac4e5cc..8e03bcb77da8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/dwc3/debug.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/dwc3/debug.h
@@ -371,7 +371,9 @@ static inline const char *dwc3_gadget_event_type_string(u8 event)
 static inline const char *dwc3_decode_event(char *str, size_t size, u32 event,
 		u32 ep0state)
 {
-	const union dwc3_event evt = (union dwc3_event) event;
+	union dwc3_event evt;
+
+	memcpy(&evt, &event, sizeof(event));
 
 	if (evt.type.is_devspec)
 		return dwc3_gadget_event_string(str, size, &evt.devt);