diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
index c65d7593f7f1..ac0f7d46db63 100644
--- a/block/blk-map.c
+++ b/block/blk-map.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int __blk_rq_map_user(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq,
 	 * direct dma. else, set up kernel bounce buffers
 	 */
 	uaddr = (unsigned long) ubuf;
-	if (blk_rq_aligned(q, ubuf, len) && !map_data)
+	if (blk_rq_aligned(q, uaddr, len) && !map_data)
 		bio = bio_map_user(q, NULL, uaddr, len, reading, gfp_mask);
 	else
 		bio = bio_copy_user(q, map_data, uaddr, len, reading, gfp_mask);
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, void *kbuf,
 		    unsigned int len, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	int reading = rq_data_dir(rq) == READ;
+	unsigned long addr = (unsigned long) kbuf;
 	int do_copy = 0;
 	struct bio *bio;
 	int ret;
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ int blk_rq_map_kern(struct request_queue *q, struct request *rq, void *kbuf,
 	if (!len || !kbuf)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	do_copy = !blk_rq_aligned(q, kbuf, len) || object_is_on_stack(kbuf);
+	do_copy = !blk_rq_aligned(q, addr, len) || object_is_on_stack(kbuf);
 	if (do_copy)
 		bio = bio_copy_kern(q, kbuf, len, gfp_mask, reading);
 	else
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index 7e661106270a..780824edac16 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -1097,11 +1097,11 @@ static inline int queue_dma_alignment(struct request_queue *q)
 	return q ? q->dma_alignment : 511;
 }
 
-static inline int blk_rq_aligned(struct request_queue *q, void *addr,
+static inline int blk_rq_aligned(struct request_queue *q, unsigned long addr,
 				 unsigned int len)
 {
 	unsigned int alignment = queue_dma_alignment(q) | q->dma_pad_mask;
-	return !((unsigned long)addr & alignment) && !(len & alignment);
+	return !(addr & alignment) && !(len & alignment);
 }
 
 /* assumes size > 256 */