diff --git a/util/oslib-win32.c b/util/oslib-win32.c
index ee3a3692d8..af559ef339 100644
--- a/util/oslib-win32.c
+++ b/util/oslib-win32.c
@@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ void *qemu_try_memalign(size_t alignment, size_t size)
     void *ptr;
 
     g_assert(size != 0);
-    g_assert(is_power_of_2(alignment));
+    if (alignment < sizeof(void *)) {
+        alignment = sizeof(void *);
+    } else {
+        g_assert(is_power_of_2(alignment));
+    }
     ptr = _aligned_malloc(size, alignment);
     trace_qemu_memalign(alignment, size, ptr);
     return ptr;