diff --git a/sycl/include/sycl/usm.hpp b/sycl/include/sycl/usm.hpp
index 54fa09694c37e..4ee726f1ecb1c 100644
--- a/sycl/include/sycl/usm.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/sycl/usm.hpp
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc_device(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const device &Dev, const context &Ctxt,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return static_cast<T *>(aligned_alloc_device(max(Alignment, alignof(T)),
                                                  Count * sizeof(T), Dev, Ctxt,
                                                  PropList, CodeLoc));
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc_device(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const queue &Q,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return aligned_alloc_device<T>(Alignment, Count, Q.get_device(),
                                    Q.get_context(), PropList, CodeLoc);
   } else {
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc_host(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const context &Ctxt,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return static_cast<T *>(aligned_alloc_host(std ::max(Alignment, alignof(T)),
                                                Count * sizeof(T), Ctxt,
                                                PropList, CodeLoc));
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc_host(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const queue &Q,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return aligned_alloc_host<T>(Alignment, Count, Q.get_context(), PropList,
                                  CodeLoc);
   } else {
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc_shared(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const device &Dev, const context &Ctxt,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return static_cast<T *>(aligned_alloc_shared(max(Alignment, alignof(T)),
                                                  Count * sizeof(T), Dev, Ctxt,
                                                  PropList, CodeLoc));
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc_shared(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const queue &Q,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return aligned_alloc_shared<T>(Alignment, Count, Q.get_device(),
                                    Q.get_context(), PropList, CodeLoc);
   } else {
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const device &Dev, const context &Ctxt,
     usm::alloc Kind, const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return static_cast<T *>(aligned_alloc(max(Alignment, alignof(T)),
                                           Count * sizeof(T), Dev, Ctxt, Kind,
                                           PropList, CodeLoc));
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ T *aligned_alloc(
     size_t Alignment, size_t Count, const queue &Q, usm::alloc Kind,
     const property_list &PropList = {},
     const detail::code_location &CodeLoc = detail::code_location::current()) {
-  if (Alignment && !(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
+  if (!(Alignment & (Alignment - 1))) {
     return aligned_alloc<T>(Alignment, Count, Q.get_device(), Q.get_context(),
                             Kind, PropList, CodeLoc);
   } else {
diff --git a/sycl/test-e2e/USM/align.cpp b/sycl/test-e2e/USM/align.cpp
index 796be73a82444..07da3a6e81ff4 100755
--- a/sycl/test-e2e/USM/align.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test-e2e/USM/align.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ template <typename T> void testAlign(sycl::queue &q, unsigned align) {
       [&]() { return ATDevice(3, q); }, [&]() { return ATDevice(5, dev, Ctx); },
       [&]() { return ATHost(7, q); }, [&]() { return ATHost(9, Ctx); },
       [&]() { return ATShared(1919, q); },
-      [&]() { return ATShared(0, dev, Ctx); },
+      [&]() { return ATShared(11, dev, Ctx); },
       [&]() { return ATAnnotated(15, q, alloc::device); },
       [&]() { return ATAnnotated(17, dev, Ctx, alloc::host); }});