diff --git a/src/Mem.cpp b/src/Mem.cpp
index 36551711..a9a233b4 100644
--- a/src/Mem.cpp
+++ b/src/Mem.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ ScratchPadMem Mem::create(ScratchPad** scratchPads, int threadId)
     ScratchPadMem scratchPadMem;
     scratchPadMem.realSize = scratchPadSize * getThreadHashFactor(threadId);
     scratchPadMem.size = scratchPadSize * getThreadHashFactor(threadId);
-    scratchPadMem.size += scratchPadMem.size % MEMORY;
     scratchPadMem.pages = std::max(scratchPadMem.size / MEMORY, static_cast<size_t>(1));
 
     allocate(scratchPadMem, m_useHugePages);
diff --git a/src/Mem_win.cpp b/src/Mem_win.cpp
index b7a318d6..1a8e582d 100644
--- a/src/Mem_win.cpp
+++ b/src/Mem_win.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  *   along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
-
+#include <algorithm>
 #include <winsock2.h>
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <ntsecapi.h>
@@ -159,6 +159,8 @@ void Mem::allocate(ScratchPadMem& scratchPadMem, bool useHugePages)
         return;
     }
 
+    scratchPadMem.size = std::max(scratchPadMem.size, static_cast<size_t>(MEMORY));
+
     scratchPadMem.memory = static_cast<uint8_t*>(VirtualAlloc(nullptr, scratchPadMem.size, MEM_COMMIT | MEM_RESERVE | MEM_LARGE_PAGES, PAGE_READWRITE));
     if (scratchPadMem.memory) {
         scratchPadMem.hugePages = scratchPadMem.pages;