diff --git a/portable/MemMang/heap_4.c b/portable/MemMang/heap_4.c
index 59a1ce0be..6d1c6a8ee 100644
--- a/portable/MemMang/heap_4.c
+++ b/portable/MemMang/heap_4.c
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ void * pvPortCalloc( size_t xNum,
 static void prvHeapInit( void ) /* PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION */
 {
     BlockLink_t * pxFirstFreeBlock;
-    uint8_t * pucAlignedHeap;
     portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE uxAddress;
     size_t xTotalHeapSize = configTOTAL_HEAP_SIZE;
 
@@ -458,8 +457,6 @@ static void prvHeapInit( void ) /* PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION */
         xTotalHeapSize -= ( size_t ) ( uxAddress - ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) ucHeap );
     }
 
-    pucAlignedHeap = ( uint8_t * ) uxAddress;
-
     #if ( configENABLE_HEAP_PROTECTOR == 1 )
     {
         vApplicationGetRandomHeapCanary( &( xHeapCanary ) );
@@ -468,12 +465,12 @@ static void prvHeapInit( void ) /* PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION */
 
     /* xStart is used to hold a pointer to the first item in the list of free
      * blocks.  The void cast is used to prevent compiler warnings. */
-    xStart.pxNextFreeBlock = ( void * ) heapPROTECT_BLOCK_POINTER( pucAlignedHeap );
+    xStart.pxNextFreeBlock = ( void * ) heapPROTECT_BLOCK_POINTER( uxAddress );
     xStart.xBlockSize = ( size_t ) 0;
 
     /* pxEnd is used to mark the end of the list of free blocks and is inserted
      * at the end of the heap space. */
-    uxAddress = ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) ( pucAlignedHeap + xTotalHeapSize );
+    uxAddress = ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) ( uxAddress + xTotalHeapSize );
     uxAddress -= ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) xHeapStructSize;
     uxAddress &= ~( ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK );
     pxEnd = ( BlockLink_t * ) uxAddress;
@@ -482,7 +479,7 @@ static void prvHeapInit( void ) /* PRIVILEGED_FUNCTION */
 
     /* To start with there is a single free block that is sized to take up the
      * entire heap space, minus the space taken by pxEnd. */
-    pxFirstFreeBlock = ( BlockLink_t * ) pucAlignedHeap;
+    pxFirstFreeBlock = ( BlockLink_t * ) uxAddress;
     pxFirstFreeBlock->xBlockSize = ( size_t ) ( uxAddress - ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) pxFirstFreeBlock );
     pxFirstFreeBlock->pxNextFreeBlock = heapPROTECT_BLOCK_POINTER( pxEnd );
 
diff --git a/portable/MemMang/heap_5.c b/portable/MemMang/heap_5.c
index a801298c1..5ced44e65 100644
--- a/portable/MemMang/heap_5.c
+++ b/portable/MemMang/heap_5.c
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@
 
 #else /* if ( configENABLE_HEAP_PROTECTOR == 1 ) */
 
-    #define heapPROTECT_BLOCK_POINTER( pxBlock )     ( pxBlock )
+    #define heapPROTECT_BLOCK_POINTER( pxBlock )    ( pxBlock )
 
-    #define heapVALIDATE_BLOCK_POINTER( pxBlock )    ( pxBlock )
+    #define heapVALIDATE_BLOCK_POINTER( pxBlock )
 
 #endif /* configENABLE_HEAP_PROTECTOR */
 
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ void vPortDefineHeapRegions( const HeapRegion_t * const pxHeapRegions ) /* PRIVI
         if( ( xAddress & portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK ) != 0 )
         {
             xAddress += ( portBYTE_ALIGNMENT - 1 );
-            xAddress &= ~portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK;
+            xAddress &= ~( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK;
 
             /* Adjust the size for the bytes lost to alignment. */
             xTotalRegionSize -= ( size_t ) ( xAddress - ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) pxHeapRegion->pucStartAddress );