diff --git a/src/core/bus.cpp b/src/core/bus.cpp
index 89fe6e9d3..ddb3f7920 100644
--- a/src/core/bus.cpp
+++ b/src/core/bus.cpp
@@ -1476,10 +1476,10 @@ template<MemoryAccessSize size>
 u32 Bus::ICacheReadHandler(VirtualMemoryAddress address)
 {
   const u32 line = CPU::GetICacheLine(address);
-  const u8* line_data = &CPU::g_state.icache_data[line * CPU::ICACHE_LINE_SIZE];
+  const u32* line_data = &CPU::g_state.icache_data[line * CPU::ICACHE_WORDS_PER_LINE];
   const u32 offset = CPU::GetICacheLineOffset(address);
   u32 result;
-  std::memcpy(&result, &line_data[offset], sizeof(result));
+  std::memcpy(&result, reinterpret_cast<const u8*>(line_data) + offset, sizeof(result));
   return result;
 }
 
@@ -1487,14 +1487,15 @@ template<MemoryAccessSize size>
 void Bus::ICacheWriteHandler(VirtualMemoryAddress address, u32 value)
 {
   const u32 line = CPU::GetICacheLine(address);
+  u32* line_data = &CPU::g_state.icache_data[line * CPU::ICACHE_WORDS_PER_LINE];
   const u32 offset = CPU::GetICacheLineOffset(address);
   CPU::g_state.icache_tags[line] = CPU::GetICacheTagForAddress(address) | CPU::ICACHE_INVALID_BITS;
   if constexpr (size == MemoryAccessSize::Byte)
-    std::memcpy(&CPU::g_state.icache_data[line * CPU::ICACHE_LINE_SIZE + offset], &value, sizeof(u8));
+    std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(line_data) + offset, &value, sizeof(u8));
   else if constexpr (size == MemoryAccessSize::HalfWord)
-    std::memcpy(&CPU::g_state.icache_data[line * CPU::ICACHE_LINE_SIZE + offset], &value, sizeof(u16));
+    std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(line_data) + offset, &value, sizeof(u16));
   else
-    std::memcpy(&CPU::g_state.icache_data[line * CPU::ICACHE_LINE_SIZE + offset], &value, sizeof(u32));
+    std::memcpy(reinterpret_cast<u8*>(line_data) + offset, &value, sizeof(u32));
 }
 
 template<MemoryAccessSize size>
diff --git a/src/core/cpu_core.cpp b/src/core/cpu_core.cpp
index 34720981f..db6be82dd 100644
--- a/src/core/cpu_core.cpp
+++ b/src/core/cpu_core.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ template<PGXPMode pgxp_mode, bool debug>
 static bool FetchInstruction();
 static bool FetchInstructionForInterpreterFallback();
 template<bool add_ticks, bool icache_read = false, u32 word_count = 1, bool raise_exceptions>
-static bool DoInstructionRead(PhysicalMemoryAddress address, void* data);
+static bool DoInstructionRead(PhysicalMemoryAddress address, u32* data);
 template<MemoryAccessType type, MemoryAccessSize size>
 static bool DoSafeMemoryAccess(VirtualMemoryAddress address, u32& value);
 template<MemoryAccessType type, MemoryAccessSize size>
@@ -2671,7 +2671,7 @@ void CPU::UpdateMemoryPointers()
 }
 
 template<bool add_ticks, bool icache_read, u32 word_count, bool raise_exceptions>
-ALWAYS_INLINE_RELEASE bool CPU::DoInstructionRead(PhysicalMemoryAddress address, void* data)
+ALWAYS_INLINE_RELEASE bool CPU::DoInstructionRead(PhysicalMemoryAddress address, u32* data)
 {
   using namespace Bus;
 
@@ -2766,34 +2766,33 @@ void CPU::CheckAndUpdateICacheTags(u32 line_count)
 u32 CPU::FillICache(VirtualMemoryAddress address)
 {
   const u32 line = GetICacheLine(address);
-  u8* line_data = &g_state.icache_data[line * ICACHE_LINE_SIZE];
+  const u32 line_word_offset = GetICacheLineWordOffset(address);
+  u32* const line_data = g_state.icache_data.data() + (line * ICACHE_WORDS_PER_LINE);
+  u32* const offset_line_data = line_data + line_word_offset;
   u32 line_tag;
-  switch ((address >> 2) & 0x03u)
+  switch (line_word_offset)
   {
     case 0:
-      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 4, false>(address & ~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u), line_data);
+      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 4, false>(address & ~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u), offset_line_data);
       line_tag = GetICacheTagForAddress(address);
       break;
     case 1:
-      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 3, false>(address & (~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u) | 0x4), line_data + 0x4);
+      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 3, false>(address & (~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u) | 0x4), offset_line_data);
       line_tag = GetICacheTagForAddress(address) | 0x1;
       break;
     case 2:
-      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 2, false>(address & (~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u) | 0x8), line_data + 0x8);
+      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 2, false>(address & (~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u) | 0x8), offset_line_data);
       line_tag = GetICacheTagForAddress(address) | 0x3;
       break;
     case 3:
     default:
-      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 1, false>(address & (~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u) | 0xC), line_data + 0xC);
+      DoInstructionRead<true, true, 1, false>(address & (~(ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1u) | 0xC), offset_line_data);
       line_tag = GetICacheTagForAddress(address) | 0x7;
       break;
   }
-  g_state.icache_tags[line] = line_tag;
 
-  const u32 offset = GetICacheLineOffset(address);
-  u32 result;
-  std::memcpy(&result, &line_data[offset], sizeof(result));
-  return result;
+  g_state.icache_tags[line] = line_tag;
+  return offset_line_data[0];
 }
 
 void CPU::ClearICache()
@@ -2806,11 +2805,9 @@ namespace CPU {
 ALWAYS_INLINE_RELEASE static u32 ReadICache(VirtualMemoryAddress address)
 {
   const u32 line = GetICacheLine(address);
-  const u8* line_data = &g_state.icache_data[line * ICACHE_LINE_SIZE];
-  const u32 offset = GetICacheLineOffset(address);
-  u32 result;
-  std::memcpy(&result, &line_data[offset], sizeof(result));
-  return result;
+  const u32 line_word_offset = GetICacheLineWordOffset(address);
+  const u32* const line_data = g_state.icache_data.data() + (line * ICACHE_WORDS_PER_LINE);
+  return line_data[line_word_offset];
 }
 } // namespace CPU
 
diff --git a/src/core/cpu_core.h b/src/core/cpu_core.h
index 04abbc048..0bdb75238 100644
--- a/src/core/cpu_core.h
+++ b/src/core/cpu_core.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ enum : PhysicalMemoryAddress
   ICACHE_SLOTS = ICACHE_SIZE / sizeof(u32),
   ICACHE_LINE_SIZE = 16,
   ICACHE_LINES = ICACHE_SIZE / ICACHE_LINE_SIZE,
-  ICACHE_SLOTS_PER_LINE = ICACHE_SLOTS / ICACHE_LINES,
+  ICACHE_WORDS_PER_LINE = ICACHE_SLOTS / ICACHE_LINES,
   ICACHE_TAG_ADDRESS_MASK = 0xFFFFFFF0u,
   ICACHE_INVALID_BITS = 0x0Fu,
 };
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct State
   PGXPValue pgxp_gte[64] = {};
 
   std::array<u32, ICACHE_LINES> icache_tags = {};
-  std::array<u8, ICACHE_SIZE> icache_data = {};
+  std::array<u32, ICACHE_LINES * ICACHE_WORDS_PER_LINE> icache_data = {};
 
   std::array<u8, SCRATCHPAD_SIZE> scratchpad = {};
 
diff --git a/src/core/cpu_core_private.h b/src/core/cpu_core_private.h
index 921aa0cfd..479c2f58f 100644
--- a/src/core/cpu_core_private.h
+++ b/src/core/cpu_core_private.h
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ ALWAYS_INLINE static u32 GetICacheLineOffset(VirtualMemoryAddress address)
 {
   return (address & (ICACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1));
 }
+ALWAYS_INLINE static u32 GetICacheLineWordOffset(VirtualMemoryAddress address)
+{
+  return (address >> 2) & 0x03u;
+}
 ALWAYS_INLINE static u32 GetICacheTagForAddress(VirtualMemoryAddress address)
 {
   return (address & ICACHE_TAG_ADDRESS_MASK);