diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 1e444826a66e91ebb9ac0159b2f5e2a55d2fc560..4c44bbe1ae7cae8c7dc944e333f5f241278939b9 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -365,7 +365,11 @@ static inline s64 towards_target(struct virtio_balloon *vb)
 	if (!virtio_has_feature(vb->vdev, VIRTIO_F_VERSION_1))
 		num_pages = le32_to_cpu((__force __le32)num_pages);
 
-	target = num_pages;
+	/*
+	 * Aligned up to guest page size to avoid inflating and deflating
+	 * balloon endlessly.
+	 */
+	target = ALIGN(num_pages, VIRTIO_BALLOON_PAGES_PER_PAGE);
 	return target - vb->num_pages;
 }