diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
index dd661c71ac..2eb1e58f1c 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/sparse/linalg/spmm.hpp
@@ -60,11 +60,19 @@ void spmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 {
   bool is_row_major = detail::is_row_major(y, z);
 
+  // WARNING: The following copy is working around a bug in cusparse which causes an alignment issue
+  // and incorrect results. This bug is fixed in CUDA 12.5+ so this workaround shouldn't be removed
+  // until that version is supported.
+  auto size = is_row_major ? (z.extent(0) - 1) * z.stride(0) + z.extent(1)
+                           : (z.extent(1) - 1) * z.stride(1) + z.extent(0);
+  rmm::device_uvector<ValueType> z_tmp(size, raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(handle));
+  raft::copy(z_tmp.data(), z.data_handle(), z_tmp.size(), raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(handle));
+
   auto z_tmp_view =
     is_row_major ? raft::make_device_strided_matrix_view<ValueType, IndexType, layout_c_contiguous>(
-                     z.data_handle(), z.extent(0), z.extent(1), z.stride(0))
+                     z_tmp.data(), z.extent(0), z.extent(1), z.stride(0))
                  : raft::make_device_strided_matrix_view<ValueType, IndexType, layout_f_contiguous>(
-                     z.data_handle(), z.extent(0), z.extent(1), z.stride(1));
+                     z_tmp.data(), z.extent(0), z.extent(1), z.stride(1));
 
   auto descr_x = detail::create_descriptor(x);
   auto descr_y = detail::create_descriptor(y);
@@ -74,10 +82,7 @@ void spmm(raft::resources const& handle,
 
   // WARNING: Do not remove the following copy unless you can, with certainty, say that
   // the underlying cuSPARSE issue affecting CUDA 12.2+ has been resolved.
-  raft::copy(z.data_handle(),
-             z_tmp_view.data_handle(),
-             z_tmp_view.size(),
-             raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(handle));
+  raft::copy(z.data_handle(), z_tmp.data(), z_tmp.size(), raft::resource::get_cuda_stream(handle));
   RAFT_CUSPARSE_TRY_NO_THROW(cusparseDestroySpMat(descr_x));
   RAFT_CUSPARSE_TRY_NO_THROW(cusparseDestroyDnMat(descr_y));
   RAFT_CUSPARSE_TRY_NO_THROW(cusparseDestroyDnMat(descr_z));