diff --git a/runtime/mem_obj/buffer.cpp b/runtime/mem_obj/buffer.cpp
index dbef5669c2..6a5a620b1d 100644
--- a/runtime/mem_obj/buffer.cpp
+++ b/runtime/mem_obj/buffer.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ bool Buffer::isSubBuffer() {
 bool Buffer::isValidSubBufferOffset(size_t offset) {
     if (this->getGraphicsAllocation()->getAllocationType() == GraphicsAllocation::AllocationType::BUFFER_COMPRESSED) {
         // From spec: "origin value is aligned to the CL_DEVICE_MEM_BASE_ADDR_ALIGN value"
-        if (!isAligned(offset, this->getContext()->getDevice(0)->getDeviceInfo().memBaseAddressAlign)) {
+        if (!isAligned(offset, this->getContext()->getDevice(0)->getDeviceInfo().memBaseAddressAlign / 8u)) {
             return false;
         }
     }
diff --git a/unit_tests/mem_obj/sub_buffer_tests.cpp b/unit_tests/mem_obj/sub_buffer_tests.cpp
index 8aee7ace52..b34c059cd2 100644
--- a/unit_tests/mem_obj/sub_buffer_tests.cpp
+++ b/unit_tests/mem_obj/sub_buffer_tests.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ TEST_F(SubBufferTest, GivenAlignmentThatIsHigherThen4BytesWhenCheckedForValidity
     EXPECT_FALSE(buffer->isValidSubBufferOffset(region4.origin));
     cl_buffer_region region5 = {1024, 4};
     EXPECT_TRUE(buffer->isValidSubBufferOffset(region5.origin));
+    cl_buffer_region region6 = {127, 4};
+    EXPECT_FALSE(buffer->isValidSubBufferOffset(region6.origin));
+    cl_buffer_region region7 = {128, 4};
+    EXPECT_TRUE(buffer->isValidSubBufferOffset(region7.origin));
+    cl_buffer_region region8 = {129, 4};
+    EXPECT_FALSE(buffer->isValidSubBufferOffset(region8.origin));
 }
 
 TEST_F(SubBufferTest, givenSharingHandlerFromParentBufferWhenCreateThenShareHandler) {