diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index c01c29417ae6..ee9317346702 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -303,10 +303,9 @@ static unsigned int sane_fdtable_size(struct fdtable *fdt, unsigned int max_fds)
 	unsigned int count;
 
 	count = count_open_files(fdt);
-	max_fds = ALIGN(max_fds, BITS_PER_LONG);
 	if (max_fds < NR_OPEN_DEFAULT)
 		max_fds = NR_OPEN_DEFAULT;
-	return min(count, max_fds);
+	return ALIGN(min(count, max_fds), BITS_PER_LONG);
 }
 
 /*