diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
index 0748871d6b178e2265d429d71a6f70f2ed5974ea..ad618637172b32b81a984ce4869bbb2205525f5f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_actlog.c
@@ -767,7 +767,7 @@ void __drbd_set_in_sync(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 	int wake_up = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	if (size <= 0 || (size & 0x1ff) != 0 || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
+	if (size <= 0 || !IS_ALIGNED(size, 512) || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "drbd_set_in_sync: sector=%llus size=%d nonsense!\n",
 				(unsigned long long)sector, size);
 		return;
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ int __drbd_set_out_of_sync(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int size,
 	unsigned int enr, count = 0;
 	struct lc_element *e;
 
-	if (size <= 0 || (size & 0x1ff) != 0 || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
+	if (size <= 0 || !IS_ALIGNED(size, 512) || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "sector: %llus, size: %d\n",
 			(unsigned long long)sector, size);
 		return 0;
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ void drbd_rs_failed_io(struct drbd_conf *mdev, sector_t sector, int size)
 	sector_t esector, nr_sectors;
 	int wake_up = 0;
 
-	if (size <= 0 || (size & 0x1ff) != 0 || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
+	if (size <= 0 || !IS_ALIGNED(size, 512) || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "drbd_rs_failed_io: sector=%llus size=%d nonsense!\n",
 				(unsigned long long)sector, size);
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
index 1547c5106ab76224dbeac7aa784d5e8421bbaa61..7540b34283299e5a7eee7b87033ee4be7a605be9 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_receiver.c
@@ -2038,7 +2038,7 @@ static int receive_DataRequest(struct drbd_conf *mdev, enum drbd_packet cmd,
 	sector = be64_to_cpu(p->sector);
 	size   = be32_to_cpu(p->blksize);
 
-	if (size <= 0 || (size & 0x1ff) != 0 || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
+	if (size <= 0 || !IS_ALIGNED(size, 512) || size > DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE) {
 		dev_err(DEV, "%s:%d: sector: %llus, size: %u\n", __FILE__, __LINE__,
 				(unsigned long long)sector, size);
 		return false;
diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
index 157c737434086db929a78311cde2766dd1068595..48d313dcae7d42959203ef89b756187d50df6c38 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_req.c
@@ -1023,7 +1023,7 @@ int drbd_make_request(struct request_queue *q, struct bio *bio)
 	 * what we "blindly" assume:
 	 */
 	D_ASSERT(bio->bi_size > 0);
-	D_ASSERT((bio->bi_size & 0x1ff) == 0);
+	D_ASSERT(IS_ALIGNED(bio->bi_size, 512));
 	D_ASSERT(bio->bi_idx == 0);
 
 	/* to make some things easier, force alignment of requests within the