diff --git a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
index e98c201f29b5..e9e5801ece4c 100644
--- a/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
+++ b/tools/lib/bpf/btf_dump.c
@@ -1657,9 +1657,15 @@ static int btf_dump_base_type_check_zero(struct btf_dump *d,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool ptr_is_aligned(const void *data, int data_sz)
+static bool ptr_is_aligned(const struct btf *btf, __u32 type_id,
+			   const void *data)
 {
-	return ((uintptr_t)data) % data_sz == 0;
+	int alignment = btf__align_of(btf, type_id);
+
+	if (alignment == 0)
+		return false;
+
+	return ((uintptr_t)data) % alignment == 0;
 }
 
 static int btf_dump_int_data(struct btf_dump *d,
@@ -1681,7 +1687,7 @@ static int btf_dump_int_data(struct btf_dump *d,
 	/* handle packed int data - accesses of integers not aligned on
 	 * int boundaries can cause problems on some platforms.
 	 */
-	if (!ptr_is_aligned(data, sz)) {
+	if (!ptr_is_aligned(d->btf, type_id, data)) {
 		memcpy(buf, data, sz);
 		data = buf;
 	}
@@ -1770,7 +1776,7 @@ static int btf_dump_float_data(struct btf_dump *d,
 	int sz = t->size;
 
 	/* handle unaligned data; copy to local union */
-	if (!ptr_is_aligned(data, sz)) {
+	if (!ptr_is_aligned(d->btf, type_id, data)) {
 		memcpy(&fl, data, sz);
 		flp = &fl;
 	}
@@ -1933,7 +1939,7 @@ static int btf_dump_ptr_data(struct btf_dump *d,
 			      __u32 id,
 			      const void *data)
 {
-	if (ptr_is_aligned(data, d->ptr_sz) && d->ptr_sz == sizeof(void *)) {
+	if (ptr_is_aligned(d->btf, id, data) && d->ptr_sz == sizeof(void *)) {
 		btf_dump_type_values(d, "%p", *(void **)data);
 	} else {
 		union ptr_data pt;
@@ -1953,10 +1959,8 @@ static int btf_dump_get_enum_value(struct btf_dump *d,
 				   __u32 id,
 				   __s64 *value)
 {
-	int sz = t->size;
-
 	/* handle unaligned enum value */
-	if (!ptr_is_aligned(data, sz)) {
+	if (!ptr_is_aligned(d->btf, id, data)) {
 		__u64 val;
 		int err;