diff --git a/sound/core/memalloc.c b/sound/core/memalloc.c
index f0c3b1d6da81..a7b46ec72f32 100644
--- a/sound/core/memalloc.c
+++ b/sound/core/memalloc.c
@@ -277,11 +277,16 @@ int snd_dma_alloc_pages_fallback(int type, struct device *device, size_t size,
 	int err;
 
 	while ((err = snd_dma_alloc_pages(type, device, size, dmab)) < 0) {
+		size_t aligned_size;
 		if (err != -ENOMEM)
 			return err;
-		size >>= 1;
 		if (size <= PAGE_SIZE)
 			return -ENOMEM;
+		aligned_size = PAGE_SIZE << get_order(size);
+		if (size != aligned_size)
+			size = aligned_size;
+		else
+			size >>= 1;
 	}
 	if (! dmab->area)
 		return -ENOMEM;