diff --git a/litex/soc/software/bios/helpers.c b/litex/soc/software/bios/helpers.c
index 0f8e9bfab..6b384ec0e 100644
--- a/litex/soc/software/bios/helpers.c
+++ b/litex/soc/software/bios/helpers.c
@@ -18,18 +18,24 @@ extern unsigned int _ftext, _edata_rom;
 #define NUMBER_OF_BYTES_ON_A_LINE 16
 void dump_bytes(unsigned int *ptr, int count, unsigned long addr)
 {
-	char *data = (char *)ptr;
+	uint32_t *dptr = (uint32_t *)ptr;
+	char data[NUMBER_OF_BYTES_ON_A_LINE];
 	int line_bytes = 0, i = 0;
 
+
 	fputs("Memory dump:", stdout);
 	while (count > 0) {
 		line_bytes =
 			(count > NUMBER_OF_BYTES_ON_A_LINE)?
 				NUMBER_OF_BYTES_ON_A_LINE : count;
+		for (i = 0; i < line_bytes; i+=4){
+			*((uint32_t*)&data[i]) = *(dptr++);
+		}
+
 
 		printf("\n0x%08lx  ", addr);
 		for (i = 0; i < line_bytes; i++)
-			printf("%02x ", *(unsigned char *)(data+i));
+			printf("%02x ", (unsigned char)data[i]);
 
 		for (; i < NUMBER_OF_BYTES_ON_A_LINE; i++)
 			printf("   ");
@@ -37,16 +43,15 @@ void dump_bytes(unsigned int *ptr, int count, unsigned long addr)
 		printf(" ");
 
 		for (i = 0; i<line_bytes; i++) {
-			if ((*(data+i) < 0x20) || (*(data+i) > 0x7e))
+			if ((data[i] < 0x20) || (data[i] > 0x7e))
 				printf(".");
 			else
-				printf("%c", *(data+i));
+				printf("%c", data[i]);
 		}
 
 		for (; i < NUMBER_OF_BYTES_ON_A_LINE; i++)
 			printf(" ");
 
-		data += (char)line_bytes;
 		count -= line_bytes;
 		addr += line_bytes;
 	}