diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/pool.h b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/pool.h
index e16a0f52369..e3be1baa0c0 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/pool.h
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/pool.h
@@ -19,7 +19,12 @@ extern PVOID MmPagedPoolBase;
 extern ULONG MmPagedPoolSize;
 
 #define MM_PAGED_POOL_SIZE	(100*1024*1024)
-#define MM_NONPAGED_POOL_SIZE   (100*1024*1024)
+#define MM_NONPAGED_POOL_SIZE	(100*1024*1024)
+
+/*
+ * Paged and non-paged pools are 8-byte aligned
+ */
+#define MM_POOL_ALIGNMENT	8
 
 /*
  * Maximum size of the kmalloc area (this is totally arbitary)
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/npool.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/npool.c
index 2d7354f4f39..8b200f8bf97 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/npool.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/npool.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: npool.c,v 1.75 2003/09/14 09:14:20 hbirr Exp $
+/* $Id: npool.c,v 1.76 2003/10/20 18:43:11 ekohl Exp $
  *
  * COPYRIGHT:    See COPYING in the top level directory
  * PROJECT:      ReactOS kernel
@@ -1573,8 +1573,7 @@ ExAllocateNonPagedPoolWithTag(ULONG Type, ULONG Size, ULONG Tag, PVOID Caller)
 	KeReleaseSpinLock(&MmNpoolLock, oldIrql);
 	return(NULL);
      }
-   /* Make the size dword alligned, this makes the block dword alligned */  
-   Size = ROUND_UP(Size, sizeof(DWORD));
+
 
    if (Size >= PAGE_SIZE)
      {
@@ -1587,7 +1586,7 @@ ExAllocateNonPagedPoolWithTag(ULONG Type, ULONG Size, ULONG Tag, PVOID Caller)
      }
    else
      {
-       alignment = 0;
+       alignment = MM_POOL_ALIGNMENT;
      }
 
    best = get_block(Size, alignment);
diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/ppool.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/ppool.c
index 458d6c4bd7f..d70337f849c 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/ppool.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/ppool.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $Id: ppool.c,v 1.20 2003/10/12 17:05:48 hbirr Exp $
+/* $Id: ppool.c,v 1.21 2003/10/20 18:43:11 ekohl Exp $
  *
  * COPYRIGHT:       See COPYING in the top level directory
  * PROJECT:         ReactOS kernel
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ ExAllocatePagedPoolWithTag (IN	POOL_TYPE	PoolType,
     }
   else
     {
-      Alignment = 0;
+      Alignment = MM_POOL_ALIGNMENT;
     }
 
   /*