diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_virtio.c b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_virtio.c
index 2983d624b1f..e28bb6b60d7 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_virtio.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_virtio.c
@@ -642,21 +642,25 @@ int rpmsg_virtio_probe(FAR struct virtio_device *vdev)
   DEBUGASSERT(virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_RPMSG_F_CPUNAME));
   if (vdev->role == VIRTIO_DEV_DRIVER)
     {
-      virtio_read_config(vdev, offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config, host_cpuname),
-                         priv->rpmsg.local_cpuname,
-                         VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
-      virtio_read_config(vdev,
-                         offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config, remote_cpuname),
-                         priv->rpmsg.cpuname, VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
+      virtio_read_config_bytes(vdev, offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config,
+                                              host_cpuname),
+                               priv->rpmsg.local_cpuname,
+                               VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
+      virtio_read_config_bytes(vdev, offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config,
+                                              remote_cpuname),
+                               priv->rpmsg.cpuname,
+                               VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
     }
   else
     {
-      virtio_read_config(vdev, offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config, host_cpuname),
-                         priv->rpmsg.cpuname, VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
-      virtio_read_config(vdev,
-                         offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config, remote_cpuname),
-                         priv->rpmsg.local_cpuname,
-                         VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
+      virtio_read_config_bytes(vdev, offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config,
+                                              host_cpuname),
+                               priv->rpmsg.cpuname,
+                               VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
+      virtio_read_config_bytes(vdev, offsetof(struct fw_rsc_config,
+                                              remote_cpuname),
+                               priv->rpmsg.local_cpuname,
+                               VIRTIO_RPMSG_CPUNAME_SIZE);
     }
 
   /* Register the rpmsg to rpmsg framework */
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio-net.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio-net.c
index b289fc7dc87..84e850510e1 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio-net.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio-net.c
@@ -614,8 +614,9 @@ static void virtio_net_set_macaddr(FAR struct virtio_net_priv_s *priv)
 
   if (virtio_has_feature(vdev, VIRTIO_NET_F_MAC))
     {
-      virtio_read_config(vdev, offsetof(struct virtio_net_config_s, mac),
-                         mac, IFHWADDRLEN);
+      virtio_read_config_bytes(vdev,
+                               offsetof(struct virtio_net_config_s, mac),
+                               mac, IFHWADDRLEN);
     }
   else
     {
diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio-snd.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio-snd.c
index 7952fb7fc9d..d22078f30f5 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio-snd.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio-snd.c
@@ -1107,8 +1107,12 @@ static int virtio_snd_init(FAR struct virtio_snd_s *priv)
 
   virtio_set_status(priv->vdev, VIRTIO_CONFIG_STATUS_DRIVER_OK);
 
-  virtio_read_config(priv->vdev, 0, &priv->config,
-                     sizeof(struct virtio_snd_config));
+  virtio_read_config_member(priv->vdev, struct virtio_snd_config, jacks,
+                            &priv->config.jacks);
+  virtio_read_config_member(priv->vdev, struct virtio_snd_config, streams,
+                            &priv->config.streams);
+  virtio_read_config_member(priv->vdev, struct virtio_snd_config, chmaps,
+                            &priv->config.chmaps);
   vrtinfo("jacks:%"PRIu32" streams:%"PRIu32" chmap:%"PRIu32"\n",
            priv->config.jacks, priv->config.streams, priv->config.chmaps);