diff --git a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/main/test_memprot.c b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/main/test_memprot.c
index 46116949cb..47c3a1b434 100644
--- a/tools/test_apps/system/panic/main/test_memprot.c
+++ b/tools/test_apps/system/panic/main/test_memprot.c
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ extern int _iram_text_end;
 
 #define ALIGN_UP_TO_MMU_PAGE_SIZE(addr) (((addr) + (SOC_MMU_PAGE_SIZE) - 1) & ~((SOC_MMU_PAGE_SIZE) - 1))
 
+__attribute__((noinline))
+static void run_function(void (*test_addr)(void)) {
+    test_addr();
+}
+
 /* NOTE: Naming conventions for RTC_FAST_MEM are
  * different for ESP32-C3 and other RISC-V targets
  */
@@ -121,10 +126,9 @@ static DRAM_ATTR uint8_t s_dram_buf[1024];
 void test_dram_reg1_execute_violation(void)
 {
     memcpy(&s_dram_buf, &foo_d, sizeof(s_dram_buf));
-    void (*func_ptr)(void);
-    func_ptr = (void(*)(void))&s_dram_buf;
+    void *test_addr = &s_dram_buf;
     printf("DRAM: Execute operation | Address: %p\n", &s_dram_buf);
-    func_ptr();
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 
 /* DRAM: Heap region */
@@ -136,9 +140,8 @@ void test_dram_reg2_execute_violation(void)
     printf("DRAM: Execute operation | Address: %p\n", instr);
 
     memcpy(instr, &foo_d, 1024);
-    void (*func_ptr)(void);
-    func_ptr = (void(*)(void))instr;
-    func_ptr();
+    void *test_addr = instr;
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------- RTC Violation Checks ---------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -156,28 +159,28 @@ static RTC_IRAM_ATTR void foo_f(void)
 void test_rtc_fast_reg1_execute_violation(void)
 {
 #if CONFIG_IDF_TARGET_ARCH_RISCV
-    void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)&_rtc_fast_start);
+    void *test_addr = &_rtc_fast_start;
 #else
-    void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)&_rtc_text_start);
+    void *test_addr = &_rtc_text_start;
 #endif
     printf("RTC_MEM (Fast): Execute operation | Address: %p\n",  test_addr);
-    test_addr();
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 
 /* RTC_FAST_MEM: .text section boundary */
 void test_rtc_fast_reg2_execute_violation(void)
 {
-    void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)&_rtc_text_end - 0x04);
+    void *test_addr = &_rtc_text_end - 1;
     printf("RTC_MEM (Fast): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
-    test_addr();
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 
 /* RTC_FAST_MEM: .data section */
 void test_rtc_fast_reg3_execute_violation(void)
 {
-    void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)&_rtc_force_fast_start + 0x04);
+    void *test_addr = &_rtc_force_fast_start + 1;
     printf("RTC_MEM (Fast): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
-    test_addr();
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -193,17 +196,17 @@ static RTC_SLOW_ATTR void foo_s(void)
 /* RTC_SLOW_MEM: Data tagged with RTC_SLOW_ATTR */
 void test_rtc_slow_reg1_execute_violation(void)
 {
-    void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)&_rtc_force_slow_start);
+    void *test_addr = &_rtc_force_slow_start;
     printf("RTC_MEM (Slow): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
-    test_addr();
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 
 /* RTC_SLOW_MEM: Region start */
 void test_rtc_slow_reg2_execute_violation(void)
 {
-    void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)&_rtc_data_start);
+    void *test_addr = &_rtc_data_start;
     printf("RTC_MEM (Slow): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
-    test_addr();
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 #endif
 
@@ -243,10 +246,9 @@ void test_drom_reg_write_violation(void)
 
 void test_drom_reg_execute_violation(void)
 {
-    printf("Flash (DROM): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", foo_buf);
-    void (*func_ptr)(void);
-    func_ptr = (void(*)(void))foo_buf;
-    func_ptr();
+    void *test_addr = (void *)foo_buf;
+    printf("Flash (DROM): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 
 // Check if the memory alignment gaps added to the heap are correctly configured
@@ -255,9 +257,9 @@ void test_spiram_xip_irom_alignment_reg_execute_violation(void)
 {
     extern int _instruction_reserved_end;
     if (ALIGN_UP_TO_MMU_PAGE_SIZE((uint32_t)(&_instruction_reserved_end)) - (uint32_t)(&_instruction_reserved_end) >= 4) {
-        void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)(&_instruction_reserved_end + 0x4));
+        void *test_addr = &_instruction_reserved_end + 1;
         printf("SPIRAM (IROM): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
-        test_addr();
+        run_function(test_addr);
     } else {
         printf("SPIRAM (IROM): IROM alignment gap not added into heap\n");
     }
@@ -270,9 +272,9 @@ void test_spiram_xip_drom_alignment_reg_execute_violation(void)
 {
     extern int _rodata_reserved_end;
     if (ALIGN_UP_TO_MMU_PAGE_SIZE((uint32_t)(&_rodata_reserved_end)) - (uint32_t)(&_rodata_reserved_end) >= 4) {
-        void (*test_addr)(void) = (void(*)(void))((uint32_t)(&_rodata_reserved_end + 0x4));
+        void *test_addr = &_rodata_reserved_end + 0x4;
         printf("SPIRAM (DROM): Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
-        test_addr();
+        run_function(test_addr);
     } else {
         printf("SPIRAM (DROM): DROM alignment gap not added into heap\n");
     }
@@ -290,9 +292,8 @@ void test_invalid_memory_region_write_violation(void)
 
 void test_invalid_memory_region_execute_violation(void)
 {
-    void (*func_ptr)(void);
-    func_ptr = (void(*)(void))(SOC_DRAM_HIGH + 0x40);
-    printf("Execute operation | Address: %p\n", func_ptr);
-    func_ptr();
+    void *test_addr = (void *)(SOC_DRAM_HIGH + 0x40);
+    printf("Execute operation | Address: %p\n", test_addr);
+    run_function(test_addr);
 }
 #endif