diff --git a/exec.c b/exec.c
index 0f6b087f57..67e520d18e 100644
--- a/exec.c
+++ b/exec.c
@@ -3895,7 +3895,7 @@ int ram_block_discard_range(RAMBlock *rb, uint64_t start, size_t length)
 
     uint8_t *host_startaddr = rb->host + start;
 
-    if ((uintptr_t)host_startaddr & (rb->page_size - 1)) {
+    if (!QEMU_PTR_IS_ALIGNED(host_startaddr, rb->page_size)) {
         error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Unaligned start address: %p",
                      host_startaddr);
         goto err;
@@ -3903,7 +3903,7 @@ int ram_block_discard_range(RAMBlock *rb, uint64_t start, size_t length)
 
     if ((start + length) <= rb->used_length) {
         bool need_madvise, need_fallocate;
-        if (length & (rb->page_size - 1)) {
+        if (!QEMU_IS_ALIGNED(length, rb->page_size)) {
             error_report("ram_block_discard_range: Unaligned length: %zx",
                          length);
             goto err;