diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
index 2785007e0e46..cd15e0801228 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-crypt.c
@@ -1688,6 +1688,7 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	unsigned int key_size, opt_params;
 	unsigned long long tmpll;
 	int ret;
+	size_t iv_size_padding;
 	struct dm_arg_set as;
 	const char *opt_string;
 	char dummy;
@@ -1724,20 +1725,32 @@ static int crypt_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 
 	cc->dmreq_start = sizeof(struct ablkcipher_request);
 	cc->dmreq_start += crypto_ablkcipher_reqsize(any_tfm(cc));
-	cc->dmreq_start = ALIGN(cc->dmreq_start, crypto_tfm_ctx_alignment());
-	cc->dmreq_start += crypto_ablkcipher_alignmask(any_tfm(cc)) &
-			   ~(crypto_tfm_ctx_alignment() - 1);
+	cc->dmreq_start = ALIGN(cc->dmreq_start, __alignof__(struct dm_crypt_request));
+
+	if (crypto_ablkcipher_alignmask(any_tfm(cc)) < CRYPTO_MINALIGN) {
+		/* Allocate the padding exactly */
+		iv_size_padding = -(cc->dmreq_start + sizeof(struct dm_crypt_request))
+				& crypto_ablkcipher_alignmask(any_tfm(cc));
+	} else {
+		/*
+		 * If the cipher requires greater alignment than kmalloc
+		 * alignment, we don't know the exact position of the
+		 * initialization vector. We must assume worst case.
+		 */
+		iv_size_padding = crypto_ablkcipher_alignmask(any_tfm(cc));
+	}
 
 	cc->req_pool = mempool_create_kmalloc_pool(MIN_IOS, cc->dmreq_start +
-			sizeof(struct dm_crypt_request) + cc->iv_size);
+			sizeof(struct dm_crypt_request) + iv_size_padding + cc->iv_size);
 	if (!cc->req_pool) {
 		ti->error = "Cannot allocate crypt request mempool";
 		goto bad;
 	}
 
 	cc->per_bio_data_size = ti->per_bio_data_size =
-				sizeof(struct dm_crypt_io) + cc->dmreq_start +
-				sizeof(struct dm_crypt_request) + cc->iv_size;
+		ALIGN(sizeof(struct dm_crypt_io) + cc->dmreq_start +
+		      sizeof(struct dm_crypt_request) + iv_size_padding + cc->iv_size,
+		      ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN);
 
 	cc->page_pool = mempool_create_page_pool(MIN_POOL_PAGES, 0);
 	if (!cc->page_pool) {