diff --git a/common/malloc_simple.c b/common/malloc_simple.c
index 9811ab6..134e059 100644
--- a/common/malloc_simple.c
+++ b/common/malloc_simple.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void *memalign_simple(size_t align, size_t bytes)
 	ulong addr, new_ptr;
 	void *ptr;
 
-	addr = ALIGN(gd->malloc_base + gd->malloc_ptr, bytes);
+	addr = ALIGN(gd->malloc_base + gd->malloc_ptr, align);
 	new_ptr = addr + bytes;
 	if (new_ptr > gd->malloc_limit)
 		return NULL;