diff --git a/hif/src/ce/ce_api.h b/hif/src/ce/ce_api.h
index 968cdc2a22..0b06a7597b 100644
--- a/hif/src/ce/ce_api.h
+++ b/hif/src/ce/ce_api.h
@@ -520,8 +520,7 @@ void war_ce_src_ring_write_idx_set(struct hif_softc *scn,
  * @priority:      TBD
  * @src_nentries:  #entries in source ring - Must be a power of 2
  * @src_sz_max:    Max source send size for this CE. This is also the minimum
- *                 size of a destination buffer. This should be a factor of 4
- *                 for alignment during nbuf alloc.
+ *                 size of a destination buffer
  * @dest_nentries: #entries in destination ring - Must be a power of 2
  * @reserved:      Future Use
  */
diff --git a/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h b/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h
index 4c3e509342..583a056748 100644
--- a/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h
+++ b/hif/src/ce/ce_internal.h
@@ -188,7 +188,6 @@ struct CE_state {
 	/*Record the state of the copy compl interrupt */
 	int disable_copy_compl_intr;
 
-	/* src_sz_max should be a factor of 4 for alignment during nbuf alloc */
 	unsigned int src_sz_max;
 	struct CE_ring_state *src_ring;
 	struct CE_ring_state *dest_ring;
diff --git a/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c b/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c
index 2e9fe918e7..47590d1461 100644
--- a/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c
+++ b/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c
@@ -3555,7 +3555,7 @@ QDF_STATUS hif_post_recv_buffers_for_pipe(struct HIF_CE_pipe_info *pipe_info)
 		hif_record_ce_desc_event(scn, ce_id,
 					 HIF_RX_DESC_PRE_NBUF_ALLOC, NULL, NULL,
 					 0, 0);
-		nbuf = qdf_nbuf_alloc(scn->qdf_dev, buf_sz, 0, 0, false);
+		nbuf = qdf_nbuf_alloc(scn->qdf_dev, buf_sz, 0, 4, false);
 		if (!nbuf) {
 			hif_post_recv_buffers_failure(pipe_info, nbuf,
 					&pipe_info->nbuf_alloc_err_count,