diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
index 73fb94dd5fbc..e6869435e1f3 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/octeontx2/nic/otx2_common.c
@@ -478,10 +478,11 @@ dma_addr_t __otx2_alloc_rbuf(struct otx2_nic *pfvf, struct otx2_pool *pool)
 	dma_addr_t iova;
 	u8 *buf;
 
-	buf = napi_alloc_frag(pool->rbsize);
+	buf = napi_alloc_frag(pool->rbsize + OTX2_ALIGN);
 	if (unlikely(!buf))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	buf = PTR_ALIGN(buf, OTX2_ALIGN);
 	iova = dma_map_single_attrs(pfvf->dev, buf, pool->rbsize,
 				    DMA_FROM_DEVICE, DMA_ATTR_SKIP_CPU_SYNC);
 	if (unlikely(dma_mapping_error(pfvf->dev, iova))) {