diff --git a/platform-mc/sensor_manager.cpp b/platform-mc/sensor_manager.cpp
index d29e552..2f9eaa5 100644
--- a/platform-mc/sensor_manager.cpp
+++ b/platform-mc/sensor_manager.cpp
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
     auto tid = sensor->tid;
     auto sensorId = sensor->sensorId;
     Request request(sizeof(pldm_msg_hdr) + PLDM_GET_SENSOR_READING_REQ_BYTES);
-    auto requestMsg = reinterpret_cast<pldm_msg*>(request.data());
+    auto requestMsg = new (request.data()) pldm_msg;
     auto rc = encode_get_sensor_reading_req(0, sensorId, false, requestMsg);
     if (rc)
     {