diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index fe1ea03582cb..9fc7c81ec6ae 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ int snd_dma_alloc_pages(int type, struct device *device, size_t size,
 	if (WARN_ON(!device))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	size = PAGE_ALIGN(size);
 	dmab->dev.type = type;
 	dmab->dev.dev = device;
 	dmab->bytes = 0;