diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
index b43cf9c7e140..09d82d5f95e3 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/mlx5/mlx5_ib.h
@@ -1805,6 +1805,10 @@ mlx5_umem_mkc_find_best_pgsz(struct mlx5_ib_dev *dev, struct ib_umem *umem,
 
 	bitmap = GENMASK_ULL(max_log_entity_size_cap, min_log_entity_size_cap);
 
+	/* In KSM mode HW requires IOVA and mkey's page size to be aligned */
+	if (access_mode == MLX5_MKC_ACCESS_MODE_KSM && iova)
+		bitmap &= GENMASK_ULL(__ffs64(iova), 0);
+
 	return ib_umem_find_best_pgsz(umem, bitmap, iova);
 }