diff --git a/lib/include/srslte/adt/bounded_vector.h b/lib/include/srslte/adt/bounded_vector.h
index 0a0997d12..eba3015a5 100644
--- a/lib/include/srslte/adt/bounded_vector.h
+++ b/lib/include/srslte/adt/bounded_vector.h
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ public:
   }
   T&       front() { return (*this)[0]; }
   const T& front() const { return (*this)[0]; }
-  T*       data() { return &front(); }
-  const T* data() const { return &front(); }
+  T*       data() { return reinterpret_cast<T*>(&buffer[0]); }
+  const T* data() const { return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(&buffer[0]); }
 
   // Iterators
   iterator       begin() { return data(); }