diff --git a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
index bfc0c17f2a3d..ea8259f53eda 100644
--- a/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
+++ b/kernel/dma/contiguous.c
@@ -243,8 +243,9 @@ struct page *dma_alloc_contiguous(struct device *dev, size_t size, gfp_t gfp)
 
 	/* CMA can be used only in the context which permits sleeping */
 	if (cma && gfpflags_allow_blocking(gfp)) {
-		align = min_t(size_t, align, CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT);
-		page = cma_alloc(cma, count, align, gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
+		size_t cma_align = min_t(size_t, align, CONFIG_CMA_ALIGNMENT);
+
+		page = cma_alloc(cma, count, cma_align, gfp & __GFP_NOWARN);
 	}
 
 	/* Fallback allocation of normal pages */