diff --git a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
index 804520633fcf..aa2574ca94c7 100644
--- a/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
+++ b/Documentation/lguest/lguest.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,7 @@ static void update_device_status(struct device *dev)
 		/* Zero out the virtqueues. */
 		for (vq = dev->vq; vq; vq = vq->next) {
 			memset(vq->vring.desc, 0,
-			       vring_size(vq->config.num, getpagesize()));
+			       vring_size(vq->config.num, LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN));
 			lg_last_avail(vq) = 0;
 		}
 	} else if (dev->desc->status & VIRTIO_CONFIG_S_FAILED) {
@@ -1211,7 +1211,7 @@ static void add_virtqueue(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_descs,
 	void *p;
 
 	/* First we need some memory for this virtqueue. */
-	pages = (vring_size(num_descs, getpagesize()) + getpagesize() - 1)
+	pages = (vring_size(num_descs, LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN) + getpagesize() - 1)
 		/ getpagesize();
 	p = get_pages(pages);
 
@@ -1228,7 +1228,7 @@ static void add_virtqueue(struct device *dev, unsigned int num_descs,
 	vq->config.pfn = to_guest_phys(p) / getpagesize();
 
 	/* Initialize the vring. */
-	vring_init(&vq->vring, num_descs, p, getpagesize());
+	vring_init(&vq->vring, num_descs, p, LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN);
 
 	/* Append virtqueue to this device's descriptor.  We use
 	 * device_config() to get the end of the device's current virtqueues;
diff --git a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
index a661bbdae3d6..f062dc55c573 100644
--- a/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
+++ b/drivers/lguest/lguest_device.c
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ static struct virtqueue *lg_find_vq(struct virtio_device *vdev,
 	/* Figure out how many pages the ring will take, and map that memory */
 	lvq->pages = lguest_map((unsigned long)lvq->config.pfn << PAGE_SHIFT,
 				DIV_ROUND_UP(vring_size(lvq->config.num,
-							PAGE_SIZE),
+							LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN),
 					     PAGE_SIZE));
 	if (!lvq->pages) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/include/linux/lguest_launcher.h b/include/linux/lguest_launcher.h
index e7217dc58f39..bd0eba760522 100644
--- a/include/linux/lguest_launcher.h
+++ b/include/linux/lguest_launcher.h
@@ -59,4 +59,8 @@ enum lguest_req
 	LHREQ_IRQ, /* + irq */
 	LHREQ_BREAK, /* + on/off flag (on blocks until someone does off) */
 };
+
+/* The alignment to use between consumer and producer parts of vring.
+ * x86 pagesize for historical reasons. */
+#define LGUEST_VRING_ALIGN	4096
 #endif /* _LINUX_LGUEST_LAUNCHER */