diff --git a/av1/common/alloccommon.c b/av1/common/alloccommon.c
index 9183fa5f65b3a90751b4fe85db3ab9def6a44882..4772a89616b76fdd3782fad2a3fcc0897722190c 100644
--- a/av1/common/alloccommon.c
+++ b/av1/common/alloccommon.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void av1_alloc_restoration_buffers(AV1_COMMON *cm) {
         ROUND_POWER_OF_TWO(cm->height, cm->subsampling_y));
   aom_free(cm->rst_internal.tmpbuf);
   CHECK_MEM_ERROR(cm, cm->rst_internal.tmpbuf,
-                  (int32_t *)aom_malloc(RESTORATION_TMPBUF_SIZE));
+                  (int32_t *)aom_memalign(16, RESTORATION_TMPBUF_SIZE));
 }
 
 void av1_free_restoration_buffers(AV1_COMMON *cm) {