diff --git a/iceoryx-sys/src/chunk_header.rs b/iceoryx-sys/src/chunk_header.rs
index 2de051d..c08aae9 100644
--- a/iceoryx-sys/src/chunk_header.rs
+++ b/iceoryx-sys/src/chunk_header.rs
@@ -31,19 +31,19 @@ impl ChunkHeader {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_user_payload_size(&self) -> u32 {
+    pub fn get_user_payload_size(&self) -> usize {
         unsafe {
             cpp!([self as "ChunkHeader*"] -> u32 as "uint32_t" {
                 return self->userPayloadSize();
-            })
+            }) as usize
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_user_payload_alignment(&self) -> u32 {
+    pub fn get_user_payload_alignment(&self) -> usize {
         unsafe {
             cpp!([self as "ChunkHeader*"] -> u32 as "uint32_t" {
                 return self->userPayloadAlignment();
-            })
+            }) as usize
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/iceoryx-sys/src/subscriber.rs b/iceoryx-sys/src/subscriber.rs
index ab6bce0..c3b7368 100644
--- a/iceoryx-sys/src/subscriber.rs
+++ b/iceoryx-sys/src/subscriber.rs
@@ -255,15 +255,12 @@ impl Subscriber {
             let chunk_header = payload.chunk_header();
             let payload_size = chunk_header.get_user_payload_size();
             let payload_alignment = chunk_header.get_user_payload_alignment();
-            let len = payload_size as usize / std::mem::size_of::<T>();
+            let len = payload_size / std::mem::size_of::<T>();
 
-            if payload_size as usize % std::mem::size_of::<T>() == 0
-                && payload_alignment as usize >= std::mem::align_of::<T>()
+            if payload_size % std::mem::size_of::<T>() == 0
+                && payload_alignment >= std::mem::align_of::<T>()
             {
-                Some(RawSample::slice_from_raw_parts(
-                    payload.cast::<T>(),
-                    len as usize,
-                ))
+                Some(RawSample::slice_from_raw_parts(payload.cast::<T>(), len))
             } else {
                 // TODO return Result<Option<T>>
                 self.release(payload);
diff --git a/src/sample.rs b/src/sample.rs
index 300958d..36f45a3 100644
--- a/src/sample.rs
+++ b/src/sample.rs
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ impl<S: ffi::SubscriberStrongRef> Sample<[u8], S> {
     /// The caller must ensure that the [u8] is actually a T. It is undefined behavior if the underlying data is not a T.
     pub unsafe fn try_as<T: ShmSend>(&self) -> Option<&T> {
         let chunk_header = self.data.chunk_header();
-        let payload_size = chunk_header.get_user_payload_size() as usize;
-        let payload_alignment = chunk_header.get_user_payload_alignment() as usize;
+        let payload_size = chunk_header.get_user_payload_size();
+        let payload_alignment = chunk_header.get_user_payload_alignment();
 
         if payload_size >= std::mem::size_of::<T>()
             && payload_alignment >= std::mem::align_of::<T>()
diff --git a/src/sample_mut.rs b/src/sample_mut.rs
index f6b269b..3c6ad2b 100644
--- a/src/sample_mut.rs
+++ b/src/sample_mut.rs
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ impl<'a> SampleMut<'a, [MaybeUninit<u8>]> {
     pub fn try_as_uninit<T: ShmSend>(&mut self) -> Option<&mut MaybeUninit<T>> {
         unsafe {
             let chunk_header = self.data.chunk_header();
-            let payload_size = chunk_header.get_user_payload_size() as usize;
-            let payload_alignment = chunk_header.get_user_payload_alignment() as usize;
+            let payload_size = chunk_header.get_user_payload_size();
+            let payload_alignment = chunk_header.get_user_payload_alignment();
 
             if payload_size >= std::mem::size_of::<T>()
                 && payload_alignment >= std::mem::align_of::<T>()