diff --git a/lib/pool.c b/lib/pool.c
index 955b8b77a..7db22d59c 100644
--- a/lib/pool.c
+++ b/lib/pool.c
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ int pool_init(struct pool *p, size_t cnt, size_t blocksz, const struct memtype *
 
 	/* Make sure that we use a block size that is aligned to the size of a cache line */
 	p->alignment = kernel_get_cacheline_size();
-	p->blocksz = blocksz * CEIL(blocksz, p->alignment);
+	p->blocksz = p->alignment * CEIL(blocksz, p->alignment);
 	p->len = cnt * p->blocksz;
 	p->mem = m;