diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
index 5eb52ca08980..b1ddfd1b8d53 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge.h
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 			   "%s: " fmt, __func__, ##args);  \
        } while (0)
 
+#define WQ_ADDR_ALIGN	0x3	/* 4 byte alignment */
+
 #define QLGE_VENDOR_ID    0x1077
 #define QLGE_DEVICE_ID_8012	0x8012
 #define QLGE_DEVICE_ID_8000	0x8000
diff --git a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
index 024c7343ada0..17d512c6bc36 100644
--- a/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/qlge/qlge_main.c
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static int ql_alloc_tx_resources(struct ql_adapter *qdev,
 				 &tx_ring->wq_base_dma);
 
 	if ((tx_ring->wq_base == NULL)
-	    || tx_ring->wq_base_dma & (tx_ring->wq_size - 1)) {
+		|| tx_ring->wq_base_dma & WQ_ADDR_ALIGN) {
 		QPRINTK(qdev, IFUP, ERR, "tx_ring alloc failed.\n");
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}