diff --git a/lib/kfifo.c b/lib/kfifo.c
index 307dae1..fa22feb 100644
--- a/lib/kfifo.c
+++ b/lib/kfifo.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <malloc.h>
 #include <kfifo.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <linux/log2.h>
 
 /**
  * kfifo_init - allocates a new FIFO using a preallocated buffer
@@ -49,6 +50,15 @@
 	unsigned char *buffer;
 	struct kfifo *fifo;
 
+	/*
+	 * round up to the next power of 2, since our 'let the indices
+	 * wrap' tachnique works only in this case.
+	 */
+	if (size & (size - 1)) {
+		BUG_ON(size > 0x80000000);
+		size = roundup_pow_of_two(size);
+	}
+
 	buffer = malloc(size);
 	if (!buffer)
 		return NULL;