1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 568369a86306..593228a520e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ struct tty_buffer {
 
 /*
  * We default to dicing tty buffer allocations to this many characters
- * in order to avoid multiple page allocations. We assume tty_buffer itself
- * is under 256 bytes. See tty_buffer_find for the allocation logic this
- * must match
+ * in order to avoid multiple page allocations. We know the size of
+ * tty_buffer itself but it must also be taken into account that the
+ * the buffer is 256 byte aligned. See tty_buffer_find for the allocation
+ * logic this must match
  */
 
-#define TTY_BUFFER_PAGE         ((PAGE_SIZE  - 256) / 2)
+#define TTY_BUFFER_PAGE (((PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(struct tty_buffer)) / 2) & ~0xFF)
 
 
 struct tty_bufhead {