diff --git a/lfs.c b/lfs.c
index 639e016..57a51de 100644
--- a/lfs.c
+++ b/lfs.c
@@ -3228,8 +3228,9 @@ static int lfs_init(lfs_t *lfs, const struct lfs_config *cfg) {
     lfs_cache_zero(lfs, &lfs->pcache);
 
     // setup lookahead, must be multiple of 64-bits
-    LFS_ASSERT(lfs->cfg->lookahead_size % 8 == 0);
     LFS_ASSERT(lfs->cfg->lookahead_size > 0);
+    LFS_ASSERT(lfs->cfg->lookahead_size % 8 == 0 &&
+            (uintptr_t)lfs->cfg->lookahead_buffer % 8 == 0);
     if (lfs->cfg->lookahead_buffer) {
         lfs->free.buffer = lfs->cfg->lookahead_buffer;
     } else {
diff --git a/lfs.h b/lfs.h
index f797f66..ae991e0 100644
--- a/lfs.h
+++ b/lfs.h
@@ -215,8 +215,9 @@ struct lfs_config {
     // By default lfs_malloc is used to allocate this buffer.
     void *prog_buffer;
 
-    // Optional statically allocated program buffer. Must be lookahead_size.
-    // By default lfs_malloc is used to allocate this buffer.
+    // Optional statically allocated lookahead buffer. Must be lookahead_size
+    // and aligned to a 64-bit boundary. By default lfs_malloc is used to
+    // allocate this buffer.
     void *lookahead_buffer;
 
     // Optional upper limit on length of file names in bytes. No downside for
diff --git a/lfs_util.h b/lfs_util.h
index 1dc3b0f..28b1400 100644
--- a/lfs_util.h
+++ b/lfs_util.h
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ static inline uint32_t lfs_tobe32(uint32_t a) {
 uint32_t lfs_crc(uint32_t crc, const void *buffer, size_t size);
 
 // Allocate memory, only used if buffers are not provided to littlefs
+// Note, memory must be 64-bit aligned
 static inline void *lfs_malloc(size_t size) {
 #ifndef LFS_NO_MALLOC
     return malloc(size);