diff --git a/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/memory/test_memory.cpp b/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/memory/test_memory.cpp
index 009b82702c..f253a4e738 100644
--- a/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/memory/test_memory.cpp
+++ b/level_zero/core/test/unit_tests/sources/memory/test_memory.cpp
@@ -1695,7 +1695,7 @@ TEST_F(MemoryTest, whenAllocatingDeviceMemoryThenAlignmentIsPassedCorrectlyAndMe
     do {
         alignment >>= 1;
         memoryManager->validateAllocateProperties = [alignment](const AllocationProperties &properties) {
-            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUp<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
+            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUpNonZero<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
         };
         void *ptr = nullptr;
         ze_result_t result = context->allocDeviceMem(device->toHandle(), &deviceDesc, size, alignment, &ptr);
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ TEST_F(MemoryTest, whenAllocatingHostMemoryThenAlignmentIsPassedCorrectlyAndMemo
     do {
         alignment >>= 1;
         memoryManager->validateAllocateProperties = [alignment](const AllocationProperties &properties) {
-            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUp<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize));
+            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUpNonZero<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize));
         };
         void *ptr = nullptr;
         ze_result_t result = context->allocHostMem(&hostDesc, size, alignment, &ptr);
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ TEST_F(MemoryTest, whenAllocatingSharedMemoryThenAlignmentIsPassedCorrectlyAndMe
     do {
         alignment >>= 1;
         memoryManager->validateAllocateProperties = [alignment](const AllocationProperties &properties) {
-            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUp<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
+            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUpNonZero<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
         };
         void *ptr = nullptr;
         ze_result_t result = context->allocSharedMem(device->toHandle(), &deviceDesc, &hostDesc, size, alignment, &ptr);
diff --git a/shared/source/helpers/aligned_memory.h b/shared/source/helpers/aligned_memory.h
index 2c58123539..3d713800d0 100644
--- a/shared/source/helpers/aligned_memory.h
+++ b/shared/source/helpers/aligned_memory.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ constexpr inline TNoRef alignUp(T before, size_t alignment) {
     return (before + mask) & ~mask;
 }
 
+template <typename T, typename TNoRef = typename std::remove_reference<T>::type>
+constexpr inline TNoRef alignUpNonZero(T before, size_t alignment) {
+    if (before == 0) {
+        return alignment;
+    } else {
+        return alignUp(before, alignment);
+    }
+}
+
 template <typename T>
 constexpr inline T *alignUp(T *ptrBefore, size_t alignment) {
     return reinterpret_cast<T *>(alignUp(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(ptrBefore), alignment));
diff --git a/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp b/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp
index d82fa587b2..9d2efb5df2 100644
--- a/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager.cpp
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ void *SVMAllocsManager::createSVMAlloc(size_t size, const SvmAllocationPropertie
 
 void *SVMAllocsManager::createHostUnifiedMemoryAllocation(size_t size,
                                                           const UnifiedMemoryProperties &memoryProperties) {
-    size_t pageSizeForAlignment = alignUp<size_t>(memoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize);
+    size_t pageSizeForAlignment = alignUpNonZero<size_t>(memoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize);
     size_t alignedSize = alignUp<size_t>(size, MemoryConstants::pageSize);
 
     bool compressionEnabled = false;
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ void *SVMAllocsManager::createUnifiedMemoryAllocation(size_t size,
                                                       const UnifiedMemoryProperties &memoryProperties) {
     auto rootDeviceIndex = memoryProperties.getRootDeviceIndex();
     DeviceBitfield deviceBitfield = memoryProperties.subdeviceBitfields.at(rootDeviceIndex);
-    size_t pageSizeForAlignment = alignUp<size_t>(memoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k);
+    size_t pageSizeForAlignment = alignUpNonZero<size_t>(memoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k);
     size_t alignedSize = alignUp<size_t>(size, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k);
 
     auto externalPtr = reinterpret_cast<void *>(memoryProperties.allocationFlags.hostptr);
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void *SVMAllocsManager::createUnifiedKmdMigratedAllocation(size_t size, const Sv
 
     auto rootDeviceIndex = unifiedMemoryProperties.getRootDeviceIndex();
     auto &deviceBitfield = unifiedMemoryProperties.subdeviceBitfields.at(rootDeviceIndex);
-    size_t pageSizeForAlignment = std::max(alignUp<size_t>(unifiedMemoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize2M), MemoryConstants::pageSize2M);
+    size_t pageSizeForAlignment = std::max(alignUpNonZero<size_t>(unifiedMemoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize2M), MemoryConstants::pageSize2M);
     size_t alignedSize = alignUp<size_t>(size, MemoryConstants::pageSize2M);
     AllocationProperties gpuProperties{rootDeviceIndex,
                                        true,
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ void *SVMAllocsManager::createUnifiedAllocationWithDeviceStorage(size_t size, co
     auto rootDeviceIndex = unifiedMemoryProperties.getRootDeviceIndex();
     auto externalPtr = reinterpret_cast<void *>(unifiedMemoryProperties.allocationFlags.hostptr);
     bool useExternalHostPtrForCpu = externalPtr != nullptr;
-    const auto pageSizeForAlignment = alignUp<size_t>(unifiedMemoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k);
+    const auto pageSizeForAlignment = alignUpNonZero<size_t>(unifiedMemoryProperties.alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k);
     size_t alignedSize = alignUp<size_t>(size, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k);
     DeviceBitfield subDevices = unifiedMemoryProperties.subdeviceBitfields.at(rootDeviceIndex);
     auto cpuAlignment = std::max(pageSizeForAlignment, memoryManager->peekExecutionEnvironment().rootDeviceEnvironments[rootDeviceIndex]->getProductHelper().getSvmCpuAlignment());
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/helpers/aligned_memory_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/helpers/aligned_memory_tests.cpp
index d39c052b54..3b749d96ae 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/helpers/aligned_memory_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/helpers/aligned_memory_tests.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2018-2022 Intel Corporation
+ * Copyright (C) 2018-2023 Intel Corporation
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
  *
@@ -119,6 +119,24 @@ INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
         256,
         4096));
 
+struct AlignUpNonZero : public ::testing::TestWithParam<std::tuple<size_t, size_t>> {
+};
+
+TEST_P(AlignUpNonZero, GivenSizeAndAlignmentThenAlignedResultIsNonZero) {
+    size_t size = std::get<0>(GetParam());
+    size_t alignment = std::get<1>(GetParam());
+    const size_t result = alignUpNonZero(size, alignment);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(0 < result);
+    EXPECT_TRUE(0 == result % alignment);
+}
+
+INSTANTIATE_TEST_CASE_P(
+    AlignUpNonZeroParameterized,
+    AlignUpNonZero,
+    testing::Combine(
+        testing::Values(0, 1),
+        testing::Values(1, 4, 8, 32, 64, 256, 4096)));
+
 TEST(AlignWholeSize, GivenSizeLessThanPageSizeWhenAligningWholeSizeToPageThenAlignedSizeIsPageSize) {
     int size = 1;
     auto retSize = alignSizeWholePage(ptrAlignedToPage, size);
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager_tests.cpp
index 1f722176e1..ec9559d14d 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/memory_manager/unified_memory_manager_tests.cpp
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ TEST_F(SVMLocalMemoryAllocatorTest, givenAlignmentThenUnifiedMemoryAllocationsAr
     do {
         alignment >>= 1;
         memoryManager->validateAllocateProperties = [alignment](const AllocationProperties &properties) {
-            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUp<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
+            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUpNonZero<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
         };
         SVMAllocsManager::UnifiedMemoryProperties unifiedMemoryProperties(InternalMemoryType::DEVICE_UNIFIED_MEMORY, alignment, rootDeviceIndices, deviceBitfields);
         unifiedMemoryProperties.device = device;
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ TEST_F(SVMLocalMemoryAllocatorTest, givenAlignmentThenHostUnifiedMemoryAllocatio
     do {
         alignment >>= 1;
         memoryManager->validateAllocateProperties = [alignment](const AllocationProperties &properties) {
-            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUp<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize));
+            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUpNonZero<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize));
         };
         SVMAllocsManager::UnifiedMemoryProperties unifiedMemoryProperties(InternalMemoryType::HOST_UNIFIED_MEMORY, alignment, rootDeviceIndices, deviceBitfields);
         unifiedMemoryProperties.device = device;
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ TEST_F(SVMLocalMemoryAllocatorTest, givenAlignmentThenSharedUnifiedMemoryAllocat
     do {
         alignment >>= 1;
         memoryManager->validateAllocateProperties = [alignment](const AllocationProperties &properties) {
-            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUp<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
+            EXPECT_EQ(properties.alignment, alignUpNonZero<size_t>(alignment, MemoryConstants::pageSize64k));
         };
         SVMAllocsManager::UnifiedMemoryProperties unifiedMemoryProperties(InternalMemoryType::SHARED_UNIFIED_MEMORY, alignment, rootDeviceIndices, deviceBitfields);
         unifiedMemoryProperties.device = device;