diff --git a/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c b/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c
index a5cffc7896..5804870ad4 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/buffer/buf_init.c
@@ -76,11 +76,9 @@ InitBufferPool(void)
 
 	/* Align descriptors to a cacheline boundary. */
 	BufferDescriptors = (BufferDescPadded *)
-		CACHELINEALIGN(
-					   ShmemInitStruct("Buffer Descriptors",
-									   NBuffers * sizeof(BufferDescPadded)
-									   + PG_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
-									   &foundDescs));
+		ShmemInitStruct("Buffer Descriptors",
+						NBuffers * sizeof(BufferDescPadded),
+						&foundDescs);
 
 	BufferBlocks = (char *)
 		ShmemInitStruct("Buffer Blocks",
@@ -88,10 +86,9 @@ InitBufferPool(void)
 
 	/* Align lwlocks to cacheline boundary */
 	BufferIOLWLockArray = (LWLockMinimallyPadded *)
-		CACHELINEALIGN(ShmemInitStruct("Buffer IO Locks",
-							  NBuffers * (Size) sizeof(LWLockMinimallyPadded)
-									   + PG_CACHE_LINE_SIZE,
-									   &foundIOLocks));
+		ShmemInitStruct("Buffer IO Locks",
+						NBuffers * (Size) sizeof(LWLockMinimallyPadded),
+						&foundIOLocks);
 
 	BufferIOLWLockTranche.name = "buffer_io";
 	BufferIOLWLockTranche.array_base = BufferIOLWLockArray;
diff --git a/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c b/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c
index 1ad68cda4e..1efe0201a7 100644
--- a/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c
+++ b/src/backend/storage/ipc/shmem.c
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ void
 InitShmemAllocation(void)
 {
 	PGShmemHeader *shmhdr = ShmemSegHdr;
+	char	   *aligned;
 
 	Assert(shmhdr != NULL);
 
@@ -139,6 +140,11 @@ InitShmemAllocation(void)
 	shmhdr->freeoffset += MAXALIGN(sizeof(slock_t));
 	Assert(shmhdr->freeoffset <= shmhdr->totalsize);
 
+	/* Make sure the first allocation begins on a cache line boundary. */
+	aligned = (char *)
+		(CACHELINEALIGN((((char *) shmhdr) + shmhdr->freeoffset)));
+	shmhdr->freeoffset = aligned - (char *) shmhdr;
+
 	SpinLockInit(ShmemLock);
 
 	/* ShmemIndex can't be set up yet (need LWLocks first) */
@@ -189,10 +195,6 @@ ShmemAlloc(Size size)
 
 	newStart = ShmemSegHdr->freeoffset;
 
-	/* extra alignment for large requests, since they are probably buffers */
-	if (size >= BLCKSZ)
-		newStart = BUFFERALIGN(newStart);
-
 	newFree = newStart + size;
 	if (newFree <= ShmemSegHdr->totalsize)
 	{
@@ -209,6 +211,8 @@ ShmemAlloc(Size size)
 				(errcode(ERRCODE_OUT_OF_MEMORY),
 				 errmsg("out of shared memory")));
 
+	Assert(newSpace == (void *) CACHELINEALIGN(newSpace));
+
 	return newSpace;
 }
 
@@ -425,6 +429,9 @@ ShmemInitStruct(const char *name, Size size, bool *foundPtr)
 	LWLockRelease(ShmemIndexLock);
 
 	Assert(ShmemAddrIsValid(structPtr));
+
+	Assert(structPtr == (void *) CACHELINEALIGN(structPtr));
+
 	return structPtr;
 }