diff --git a/plat/intel/soc/common/drivers/qspi/cadence_qspi.c b/plat/intel/soc/common/drivers/qspi/cadence_qspi.c
index d7cd71b..cecf560 100644
--- a/plat/intel/soc/common/drivers/qspi/cadence_qspi.c
+++ b/plat/intel/soc/common/drivers/qspi/cadence_qspi.c
@@ -688,10 +688,7 @@
 
 	if ((offset >= qspi_device_size) ||
 			(offset + size - 1 >= qspi_device_size) ||
-			(size == 0) ||
-			((long) ((int *)buffer) & 0x3)  ||
-			(offset & 0x3) ||
-			(size & 0x3)) {
+			(size == 0)) {
 		ERROR("Invalid read parameter\n");
 		return -1;
 	}
@@ -766,11 +763,9 @@
 
 	if ((offset >= qspi_device_size) ||
 			(offset + size - 1 >= qspi_device_size) ||
-			(size == 0) ||
-			((long)buffer & 0x3)  ||
-			(offset & 0x3) ||
-			(size & 0x3))
+			(size == 0)) {
 		return -2;
+	}
 
 	if (CAD_QSPI_INDWR_RDSTAT(mmio_read_32(CAD_QSPI_OFFSET +
 						CAD_QSPI_INDWR))) {