diff --git a/drivers/periph_common/cpuid.c b/drivers/periph_common/cpuid.c
index e2ef3d05ff..6250b7376a 100644
--- a/drivers/periph_common/cpuid.c
+++ b/drivers/periph_common/cpuid.c
@@ -28,15 +28,15 @@
 
 #include "periph/cpuid.h"
 
+typedef struct {
+    uint8_t id[CPUID_LEN];
+} cpuid_t;
+
 #ifdef CPUID_ADDR
 void cpuid_get(void *id)
 {
-/* gcc 11.2.0 builtin bounds checking raises the following false positive warnings */
-#pragma GCC diagnostic push
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas" /* silence the CI due to unknown -Wstringop-overread */
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Warray-bounds"
-#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wstringop-overread"
-    memcpy(id, (void *)CPUID_ADDR, CPUID_LEN);
-#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+    cpuid_t *dest = id;
+    const volatile cpuid_t *src = (const void *)CPUID_ADDR;
+    *dest = *src;
 }
 #endif