diff --git a/net/rds/page.c b/net/rds/page.c
index 616f21f4e7d7..e2b5a5832d3d 100644
--- a/net/rds/page.c
+++ b/net/rds/page.c
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ int rds_page_remainder_alloc(struct scatterlist *scat, unsigned long bytes,
 			if (rem->r_offset != 0)
 				rds_stats_inc(s_page_remainder_hit);
 
-			rem->r_offset += bytes;
-			if (rem->r_offset == PAGE_SIZE) {
+			rem->r_offset += ALIGN(bytes, 8);
+			if (rem->r_offset >= PAGE_SIZE) {
 				__free_page(rem->r_page);
 				rem->r_page = NULL;
 			}