diff --git a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
index 60be1e7753802208694462a84994517ff444a624..1a16ab20b39ecdfdc9dae06ff9d5cebeaf022a4d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.c
@@ -2958,8 +2958,8 @@ static int ucc_geth_startup(struct ucc_geth_private *ugeth)
 	/* Size varies with number of Rx queues */
 	ugeth->rx_irq_coalescing_tbl_offset =
 	    qe_muram_alloc(ug_info->numQueuesRx *
-			   sizeof(struct ucc_geth_rx_interrupt_coalescing_entry),
-			   UCC_GETH_RX_INTERRUPT_COALESCING_ALIGNMENT);
+			   sizeof(struct ucc_geth_rx_interrupt_coalescing_entry)
+			   + 4, UCC_GETH_RX_INTERRUPT_COALESCING_ALIGNMENT);
 	if (IS_MURAM_ERR(ugeth->rx_irq_coalescing_tbl_offset)) {
 		ugeth_err
 		    ("%s: Can not allocate DPRAM memory for"
diff --git a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.h b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.h
index 7cf3dbc9fd4c9c8969da47e1db45ca3675fef240..a29e1c3ca4b798ee293d4774a8df3c67a75d694f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ucc_geth.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ucc_geth.h
@@ -867,8 +867,7 @@ struct ucc_geth_hardware_statistics {
 #define UCC_GETH_SCHEDULER_ALIGNMENT		4	/* This is a guess */
 #define UCC_GETH_TX_STATISTICS_ALIGNMENT	4	/* This is a guess */
 #define UCC_GETH_RX_STATISTICS_ALIGNMENT	4	/* This is a guess */
-#define UCC_GETH_RX_INTERRUPT_COALESCING_ALIGNMENT	4	/* This is a
-								   guess */
+#define UCC_GETH_RX_INTERRUPT_COALESCING_ALIGNMENT	64
 #define UCC_GETH_RX_BD_QUEUES_ALIGNMENT		8	/* This is a guess */
 #define UCC_GETH_RX_PREFETCHED_BDS_ALIGNMENT	128	/* This is a guess */
 #define UCC_GETH_RX_EXTENDED_FILTERING_GLOBAL_PARAMETERS_ALIGNMENT 4	/* This