diff --git a/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_hws_models_if.h b/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_hws_models_if.h
index f7af34e5c5..77f28f42e6 100644
--- a/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_hws_models_if.h
+++ b/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_hws_models_if.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ struct nsi_hw_event_st {
  */
 #define NSI_HW_EVENT(t, fn, prio)					\
 	static const struct nsi_hw_event_st NSI_CONCAT(NSI_CONCAT(__nsi_hw_event_, fn), t) \
-		__attribute__((__used__))						\
+		__attribute__((__used__)) NSI_NOASAN					\
 		__attribute__((__section__(".nsi_hw_event_" NSI_STRINGIFY(prio))))	\
 		= {			\
 			.callback = fn,	\
diff --git a/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_utils.h b/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_utils.h
index 996ad63540..997eac3000 100644
--- a/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_utils.h
+++ b/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/include/nsi_utils.h
@@ -29,4 +29,14 @@
 
 #define NSI_FUNC_NORETURN __attribute__((__noreturn__))
 
+#if defined(__clang__)
+  /* The address sanitizer in llvm adds padding (redzones) after data
+   * But for those we are re-grouping using the linker script
+   * we cannot have that extra padding as we intend to iterate over them
+   */
+#define NSI_NOASAN __attribute__((no_sanitize("address")))
+#else
+#define NSI_NOASAN
+#endif
+
 #endif /* NSI_COMMON_SRC_INCL_NSI_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/nsi_tasks.h b/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/nsi_tasks.h
index 5223ab08c0..584898bc5e 100644
--- a/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/nsi_tasks.h
+++ b/scripts/native_simulator/common/src/nsi_tasks.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define NSI_TASK(fn, level, prio)	\
 	static void (* const NSI_CONCAT(__nsi_task_, fn))(void) \
-	__attribute__((__used__)) \
+	__attribute__((__used__)) NSI_NOASAN \
 	__attribute__((__section__(".nsi_" #level NSI_STRINGIFY(prio) "_task")))\
 	= fn; \
 	/* Let's cross-check the macro level is a valid one, so we don't silently drop it */ \