diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c b/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c
index c6a8634877803..71bcebe45f9c5 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ioctl.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int setflags(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 	struct ubifs_inode *ui = ubifs_inode(inode);
 	struct ubifs_info *c = inode->i_sb->s_fs_info;
 	struct ubifs_budget_req req = { .dirtied_ino = 1,
-					.dirtied_ino_d = ui->data_len };
+			.dirtied_ino_d = ALIGN(ui->data_len, 8) };
 
 	err = ubifs_budget_space(c, &req);
 	if (err)