diff --git a/hal/audio_extn/utils.c b/hal/audio_extn/utils.c
index 8c4f313..ab508b7 100644
--- a/hal/audio_extn/utils.c
+++ b/hal/audio_extn/utils.c
@@ -1222,7 +1222,8 @@
      *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
      */
-    fragment_size = ALIGN(fragment_size, (bytes_per_sample * noOfChannels * 32));
+    fragment_size = ALIGN(fragment_size, (bytes_per_sample * noOfChannels));
+    fragment_size = ALIGN(fragment_size, 32);
 
     ALOGI("PCM offload Fragment size to %d bytes", fragment_size);
     return fragment_size;
diff --git a/hal/msm8974/platform.h b/hal/msm8974/platform.h
index a15c399..930bae0 100644
--- a/hal/msm8974/platform.h
+++ b/hal/msm8974/platform.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@
 
 
 /* Used in calculating fragment size for pcm offload */
-#define PCM_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_DURATION 40 /* 40 millisecs */
+#define PCM_OFFLOAD_BUFFER_DURATION 80 /* 80 millisecs */
 
 /* MAX PCM fragment size cannot be increased  further due
  * to flinger's cblk size of 1mb,and it has to be a multiple of