diff --git a/fs/pstore/ram.c b/fs/pstore/ram.c
index 65cbc8a60ca3..9f83d8eba0e6 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/ram.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/ram.c
@@ -563,6 +563,7 @@ static int ramoops_init_przs(const char *name,
 	}
 
 	zone_sz = mem_sz / *cnt;
+	zone_sz = ALIGN_DOWN(zone_sz, 2);
 	if (!zone_sz) {
 		dev_err(dev, "%s zone size == 0\n", name);
 		goto fail;