/* 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) {
        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);
 
        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;
 
        /* 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;
 
        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 */