diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
index 23879555880f..4f539eeadbb0 100644
--- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
+++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c
@@ -6680,7 +6680,7 @@ int smb2_read(struct ksmbd_work *work)
 	ksmbd_debug(SMB, "filename %pD, offset %lld, len %zu\n",
 		    fp->filp, offset, length);
 
-	aux_payload_buf = kvzalloc(length, KSMBD_DEFAULT_GFP);
+	aux_payload_buf = kvzalloc(ALIGN(length, 8), KSMBD_DEFAULT_GFP);
 	if (!aux_payload_buf) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;