diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
index b2277d91a9df..77b216af1440 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/fslog.c
@@ -3436,7 +3436,8 @@ static int do_action(struct ntfs_log *log, struct OPEN_ATTR_ENRTY *oe,
 
 		if (!check_if_attr(rec, lrh) || !attr->non_res ||
 		    aoff < le16_to_cpu(attr->nres.run_off) || aoff > asize ||
-		    (nsize > asize && nsize - asize > record_size - used)) {
+		    (nsize > asize &&
+		     ALIGN(nsize, 8) - asize > record_size - used)) {
 			goto dirty_vol;
 		}