diff --git a/include/bx/inline/allocator.inl b/include/bx/inline/allocator.inl
index 2c602b3..1ff5f64 100644
--- a/include/bx/inline/allocator.inl
+++ b/include/bx/inline/allocator.inl
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ namespace bx
 
 	inline void* alignedAlloc(AllocatorI* _allocator, size_t _size, size_t _align, const char* _file, uint32_t _line)
 	{
-		size_t total = _size + _align;
+		const size_t align = max(_align, sizeof(uint32_t) );;
+		const size_t total = _size + align;
 		uint8_t* ptr = (uint8_t*)alloc(_allocator, total, 0, _file, _line);
-		uint8_t* aligned = (uint8_t*)alignPtr(ptr, sizeof(uint32_t), _align);
+		uint8_t* aligned = (uint8_t*)alignPtr(ptr, sizeof(uint32_t), align);
 		uint32_t* header = (uint32_t*)aligned - 1;
 		*header = uint32_t(aligned - ptr);
 		return aligned;
@@ -84,9 +85,11 @@ namespace bx
 		uint8_t* aligned = (uint8_t*)_ptr;
 		uint32_t offset = *( (uint32_t*)aligned - 1);
 		uint8_t* ptr = aligned - offset;
-		size_t total = _size + _align;
+
+		const size_t align = max(_align, sizeof(uint32_t) );;
+		const size_t total = _size + align;
 		ptr = (uint8_t*)realloc(_allocator, ptr, total, 0, _file, _line);
-		uint8_t* newAligned = (uint8_t*)alignPtr(ptr, sizeof(uint32_t), _align);
+		uint8_t* newAligned = (uint8_t*)alignPtr(ptr, sizeof(uint32_t), align);
 
 		if (newAligned == aligned)
 		{