diff --git a/hal/msm8974/platform.c b/hal/msm8974/platform.c
index 05953fb..2971609 100755
--- a/hal/msm8974/platform.c
+++ b/hal/msm8974/platform.c
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@
 #define MIN_COMPRESS_PASSTHROUGH_FRAGMENT_SIZE (2 * 1024)
 #define MAX_COMPRESS_PASSTHROUGH_FRAGMENT_SIZE (8 * 1024)
 
-#define ALIGN( num, to ) (((num) + (to-1)) & (~(to-1)))
+#define DIV_ROUND_UP(x, y) (((x) + (y) - 1)/(y))
+#define ALIGN(x, y) ((y) * DIV_ROUND_UP((x), (y)))
 /*
  * This file will have a maximum of 38 bytes:
  *
@@ -2935,8 +2936,11 @@
                      * info->sample_rate
                      * (bits_per_sample >> 3)
                      * popcount(info->channel_mask))/1000;
-    // align with LCM of 2, 4, 6, 8
-    fragment_size = ALIGN( fragment_size, 24 );
+    // To have same PCM samples for all channels, the buffer size requires to
+    // be multiple of (number of channels * bytes per sample)
+    // For writes to succeed, the buffer must be written at address which is multiple of 32
+    // Alignment of 96 satsfies both of the above requirements
+    fragment_size = ALIGN(fragment_size, 96);
     if(fragment_size < MIN_PCM_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE)
         fragment_size = MIN_PCM_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE;
     else if(fragment_size > MAX_PCM_OFFLOAD_FRAGMENT_SIZE)