diff --git a/subsys/logging/CMakeLists.txt b/subsys/logging/CMakeLists.txt
index 4168148f852..07a591d5adb 100644
--- a/subsys/logging/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/subsys/logging/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,13 +47,18 @@ if(NOT CONFIG_LOG_MODE_MINIMAL)
     log_output_dict.c
   )
 
+  add_subdirectory(backends)
+
+  # For some reason, running sys-t with catalog message on
+  # Cortex-M0 would result in hard fault in mipi_catalog_formatter()
+  # if this is complied before the backends (only with SIZE
+  # optimization). Workaround the issue by placing it here instead
+  # as this is causing CI failures. Actual root-cause is TBD.
   zephyr_sources_ifdef(
     CONFIG_LOG_MIPI_SYST_ENABLE
     log_output_syst.c
   )
 
-  add_subdirectory(backends)
-
   if(CONFIG_LOG_CUSTOM_FORMAT_SUPPORT)
     zephyr_sources(log_output_custom.c)
   endif()