diff --git a/vpx_mem/include/vpx_mem_intrnl.h b/vpx_mem/include/vpx_mem_intrnl.h
index 60b5165f3f3adbb2e4ed6c12f5485f00749a8ac8..2248ad566fc8ede309d4c1d7c660499afc1bbde2 100644
--- a/vpx_mem/include/vpx_mem_intrnl.h
+++ b/vpx_mem/include/vpx_mem_intrnl.h
@@ -50,14 +50,10 @@ vpx_memcpy, _memset, and _memmove*/
 calls to vpx_* functions other
 than vpx_memalign*/
 # else
-#  define DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT        1
+#  define DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT        (2 * sizeof(void*))  /* NOLINT */
 # endif
 #endif
 
-#if DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT < 1
-# error "DEFAULT_ALIGNMENT must be >= 1!"
-#endif
-
 #if CONFIG_MEM_TRACKER
 # define TRY_BOUNDS_CHECK         1        /*when set to 1 pads each allocation,
 integrity can be checked using