diff --git a/lib/kfifo.c b/lib/kfifo.c
index 59dcf5b81d24eae5580638547fbbe026a18566f2..7b7f83027b7b748a4a1497d7804d4b54077d0790 100644
--- a/lib/kfifo.c
+++ b/lib/kfifo.c
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@ int __kfifo_alloc(struct __kfifo *fifo, unsigned int size,
 	 * round down to the next power of 2, since our 'let the indices
 	 * wrap' technique works only in this case.
 	 */
-	if (!is_power_of_2(size))
-		size = rounddown_pow_of_two(size);
+	size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
 
 	fifo->in = 0;
 	fifo->out = 0;
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@ int __kfifo_init(struct __kfifo *fifo, void *buffer,
 {
 	size /= esize;
 
-	if (!is_power_of_2(size))
-		size = rounddown_pow_of_two(size);
+	size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
 
 	fifo->in = 0;
 	fifo->out = 0;