diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
index f5afce5f37bd..a3978ba4215e 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
@@ -551,6 +551,8 @@ int ubifs_budget_space(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_budget_req *req)
 	ubifs_assert(req->new_ino_d <= UBIFS_MAX_INO_DATA);
 	ubifs_assert(req->dirtied_ino <= 4);
 	ubifs_assert(req->dirtied_ino_d <= UBIFS_MAX_INO_DATA * 4);
+	ubifs_assert(!(req->new_ino_d & 7));
+	ubifs_assert(!(req->dirtied_ino_d & 7));
 
 	data_growth = calc_data_growth(c, req);
 	dd_growth = calc_dd_growth(c, req);
@@ -632,6 +634,8 @@ void ubifs_release_budget(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_budget_req *req)
 	ubifs_assert(req->new_ino_d <= UBIFS_MAX_INO_DATA);
 	ubifs_assert(req->dirtied_ino <= 4);
 	ubifs_assert(req->dirtied_ino_d <= UBIFS_MAX_INO_DATA * 4);
+	ubifs_assert(!(req->new_ino_d & 7));
+	ubifs_assert(!(req->dirtied_ino_d & 7));
 	if (!req->recalculate) {
 		ubifs_assert(req->idx_growth >= 0);
 		ubifs_assert(req->data_growth >= 0);
@@ -659,7 +663,11 @@ void ubifs_release_budget(struct ubifs_info *c, struct ubifs_budget_req *req)
 
 	ubifs_assert(c->budg_idx_growth >= 0);
 	ubifs_assert(c->budg_data_growth >= 0);
+	ubifs_assert(c->budg_dd_growth >= 0);
 	ubifs_assert(c->min_idx_lebs < c->main_lebs);
+	ubifs_assert(!(c->budg_idx_growth & 7));
+	ubifs_assert(!(c->budg_data_growth & 7));
+	ubifs_assert(!(c->budg_dd_growth & 7));
 	spin_unlock(&c->space_lock);
 }
 
@@ -701,7 +709,7 @@ void ubifs_release_dirty_inode_budget(struct ubifs_info *c,
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req;
 
 	memset(&req, 0, sizeof(struct ubifs_budget_req));
-	req.dd_growth = c->inode_budget + ui->data_len;
+	req.dd_growth = c->inode_budget + ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8);
 	ubifs_release_budget(c, &req);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/dir.c b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
index a79e850fee6d..eba3a8a7c333 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/dir.c
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ static int ubifs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir,
 	struct ubifs_inode *dir_ui = ubifs_inode(dir);
 	int err, sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(dentry->d_name.len);
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_dent = 1, .dirtied_ino = 2,
-					.dirtied_ino_d = ui->data_len };
+				.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8) };
 
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: new direntry, changing the target inode,
@@ -788,7 +788,8 @@ static int ubifs_mknod(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(dentry->d_name.len);
 	int err, devlen = 0;
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_ino = 1, .new_dent = 1,
-					.new_ino_d = devlen, .dirtied_ino = 1 };
+					.new_ino_d = ALIGN(devlen, 8),
+					.dirtied_ino = 1 };
 
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: new inode, new direntry and changing parent
@@ -862,7 +863,8 @@ static int ubifs_symlink(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry,
 	int err, len = strlen(symname);
 	int sz_change = CALC_DENT_SIZE(dentry->d_name.len);
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_ino = 1, .new_dent = 1,
-					.new_ino_d = len, .dirtied_ino = 1 };
+					.new_ino_d = ALIGN(len, 8),
+					.dirtied_ino = 1 };
 
 	/*
 	 * Budget request settings: new inode, new direntry and changing parent
@@ -1011,7 +1013,7 @@ static int ubifs_rename(struct inode *old_dir, struct dentry *old_dentry,
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_dent = 1, .mod_dent = 1,
 					.dirtied_ino = 3 };
 	struct ubifs_budget_req ino_req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
-				.dirtied_ino_d = old_inode_ui->data_len };
+			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(old_inode_ui->data_len, 8) };
 	struct timespec time;
 
 	/*
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/file.c b/fs/ubifs/file.c
index 01598f28020b..9fecab2f30bc 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/file.c
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ static int do_setattr(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *inode,
 	loff_t new_size = attr->ia_size;
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
-					.dirtied_ino_d = ui->data_len };
+				.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8) };
 
 	err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
 	if (err)
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ static int update_mctime(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *inode)
 	if (mctime_update_needed(inode, &now)) {
 		int err, release;
 		struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
-						.dirtied_ino_d = ui->data_len };
+				.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8) };
 
 		err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
 		if (err)
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index 565dca2ec0bd..73ca8a009798 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ struct ubifs_compressor {
  * An inode may contain 4KiB of data at max., thus the widths of @new_ino_d
  * is 13 bits, and @dirtied_ino_d - 15, because up to 4 inodes may be made
  * dirty by the re-name operation.
+ *
+ * Note, UBIFS aligns node lengths to 8-bytes boundary, so the requester has to
+ * make sure the amount of inode data which contribute to @new_ino_d and
+ * @dirtied_ino_d fields are aligned.
  */
 struct ubifs_budget_req {
 	unsigned int fast:1;
diff --git a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
index 1388a078e1a9..39e831d074ce 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/xattr.c
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ static int create_xattr(struct ubifs_info *c, struct inode *host,
 	struct inode *inode;
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui, *host_ui = ubifs_inode(host);
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .new_ino = 1, .new_dent = 1,
-					.new_ino_d = size, .dirtied_ino = 1,
-					.dirtied_ino_d = host_ui->data_len};
+				.new_ino_d = size, .dirtied_ino = 1,
+				.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(host_ui->data_len, 8)};
 
 	if (host_ui->xattr_cnt >= MAX_XATTRS_PER_INODE)
 		return -ENOSPC;