diff --git a/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Windows/AzCore/Debug/StackTracer_Windows.cpp b/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Windows/AzCore/Debug/StackTracer_Windows.cpp
index a3f8b1e349..0d3cc7e032 100644
--- a/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Windows/AzCore/Debug/StackTracer_Windows.cpp
+++ b/Code/Framework/AzCore/Platform/Windows/AzCore/Debug/StackTracer_Windows.cpp
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ cleanup:
             }
 
             HANDLE hThread = nativeThread;
-            CONTEXT alignas(8) context; // Without this alignment the function randomly crashes in release.
+            alignas(alignof(CONTEXT)) CONTEXT context; // Without this alignment the function randomly crashes in release.
             context.ContextFlags = CONTEXT_ALL;
             GetThreadContext(hThread, &context);