diff --git a/qemu-io-cmds.c b/qemu-io-cmds.c
index 21af9e65b2..6a0024b484 100644
--- a/qemu-io-cmds.c
+++ b/qemu-io-cmds.c
@@ -740,13 +740,13 @@ static int read_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     if (bflag) {
-        if (offset & 0x1ff) {
-            printf("offset %" PRId64 " is not sector aligned\n",
+        if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(offset, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)) {
+            printf("%" PRId64 " is not a sector-aligned value for 'offset'\n",
                    offset);
             return 0;
         }
-        if (count & 0x1ff) {
-            printf("count %"PRId64" is not sector aligned\n",
+        if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(count, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)) {
+            printf("%"PRId64" is not a sector-aligned value for 'count'\n",
                    count);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -1050,14 +1050,14 @@ static int write_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
     }
 
     if (bflag || cflag) {
-        if (offset & 0x1ff) {
-            printf("offset %" PRId64 " is not sector aligned\n",
+        if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(offset, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)) {
+            printf("%" PRId64 " is not a sector-aligned value for 'offset'\n",
                    offset);
             return 0;
         }
 
-        if (count & 0x1ff) {
-            printf("count %"PRId64" is not sector aligned\n",
+        if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(count, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)) {
+            printf("%"PRId64" is not a sector-aligned value for 'count'\n",
                    count);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -1769,8 +1769,8 @@ static int alloc_f(BlockBackend *blk, int argc, char **argv)
     if (offset < 0) {
         print_cvtnum_err(offset, argv[1]);
         return 0;
-    } else if (offset & 0x1ff) {
-        printf("offset %" PRId64 " is not sector aligned\n",
+    } else if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(offset, BDRV_SECTOR_SIZE)) {
+        printf("%" PRId64 " is not a sector-aligned value for 'offset'\n",
                offset);
         return 0;
     }