diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 71970773aad1..db35a9da06dd 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -341,7 +341,11 @@ 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;
 }