diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a96e11c77fd9..96d63eb3ab17 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -1856,12 +1856,15 @@ static unsigned long calculate_alignment(unsigned long flags,
 	 * The hardware cache alignment cannot override the specified
 	 * alignment though. If that is greater then use it.
 	 */
-	if ((flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) &&
-			size > cache_line_size() / 2)
-		return max_t(unsigned long, align, cache_line_size());
+	if (flags & SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN) {
+		unsigned long ralign = cache_line_size();
+		while (size <= ralign / 2)
+			ralign /= 2;
+		align = max(align, ralign);
+	}
 
 	if (align < ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN)
-		return ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
+		align = ARCH_SLAB_MINALIGN;
 
 	return ALIGN(align, sizeof(void *));
 }