diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index ed71b5347a76..cb807d0ea498 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -713,9 +713,13 @@ long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
 			r = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
-		if ((a.avail_user_addr & (sizeof *vq->avail->ring - 1)) ||
-		    (a.used_user_addr & (sizeof *vq->used->ring - 1)) ||
-		    (a.log_guest_addr & (sizeof *vq->used->ring - 1))) {
+
+		/* Make sure it's safe to cast pointers to vring types. */
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__ *vq->avail > VRING_AVAIL_ALIGN_SIZE);
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(__alignof__ *vq->used > VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE);
+		if ((a.avail_user_addr & (VRING_AVAIL_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)) ||
+		    (a.used_user_addr & (VRING_USED_ALIGN_SIZE - 1)) ||
+		    (a.log_guest_addr & (sizeof(u64) - 1))) {
 			r = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}