diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 481611c09dae..935ea2f3dac7 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -402,7 +402,11 @@ static inline s64 towards_target(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	virtio_cread_le(vb->vdev, struct virtio_balloon_config, num_pages,
 			&num_pages);
 
-	target = num_pages;
+	/*
+	 * Aligned up to guest page size to avoid inflating and deflating
+	 * balloon endlessly.
+	 */
+	target = ALIGN(num_pages, VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE);
 	return target - vb->num_pages;
 }