diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index f9bb48930a..3a278424e5 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -1532,9 +1532,10 @@ static void prvInitialiseNewTask( TaskFunction_t pxTaskCode,
     #else /* portSTACK_GROWTH */
     {
         pxTopOfStack = pxNewTCB->pxStack;
+        pxTopOfStack = ( StackType_t * ) ( ( ( ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) pxTopOfStack ) + portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK ) & ( ~( ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK ) ) ); /*lint !e923 !e9033 !e9078 MISRA exception.  Avoiding casts between pointers and integers is not practical.  Size differences accounted for using portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE type.  Checked by assert(). */
 
-        /* Check the alignment of the stack buffer is correct. */
-        configASSERT( ( ( ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) pxNewTCB->pxStack & ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK ) == 0UL ) );
+        /* Check the alignment of the calculated top of stack is correct. */
+        configASSERT( ( ( ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) pxTopOfStack & ( portPOINTER_SIZE_TYPE ) portBYTE_ALIGNMENT_MASK ) == 0UL ) );
 
         /* The other extreme of the stack space is required if stack checking is
          * performed. */