diff --git a/ggml.c b/ggml.c
index 9c4b49db8..c97c2b63f 100644
--- a/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml.c
@@ -4110,7 +4110,7 @@ size_t ggml_nbytes(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor) {
     //
     // is enough, but just in case, adding the second part
 
-    return MAX(tensor->ne[3]*tensor->nb[3], (ggml_nelements(tensor)*GGML_TYPE_SIZE[tensor->type])/GGML_BLCK_SIZE[tensor->type]);
+    return GGML_PAD(MAX(tensor->ne[3]*tensor->nb[3], (ggml_nelements(tensor)*GGML_TYPE_SIZE[tensor->type])/GGML_BLCK_SIZE[tensor->type]), GGML_MEM_ALIGN);
 }
 
 size_t ggml_nbytes_split(const struct ggml_tensor * tensor, int nrows_split) {