diff --git a/src/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp b/src/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp
index 4a05a00e..9e42b96f 100644
--- a/src/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d11/d3d11_context.cpp
@@ -3103,7 +3103,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
   template<typename ContextType>
   DxvkBufferSlice D3D11CommonContext<ContextType>::AllocStagingBuffer(
           VkDeviceSize                      Size) {
-    return m_staging.alloc(256, Size);
+    return m_staging.alloc(Size);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/src/d3d9/d3d9_device.cpp b/src/d3d9/d3d9_device.cpp
index 1c40f455..cab43433 100644
--- a/src/d3d9/d3d9_device.cpp
+++ b/src/d3d9/d3d9_device.cpp
@@ -4513,7 +4513,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     m_stagingBufferAllocated += size;
 
     D3D9BufferSlice result;
-    result.slice = m_stagingBuffer.alloc(256, size);
+    result.slice = m_stagingBuffer.alloc(size);
     result.mapPtr = result.slice.mapPtr(0);
     return result;
   }
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_context.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_context.cpp
index 805cfea5..3bd1d98a 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_context.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_context.cpp
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
     const void*                     data) {
     auto bufferSlice = buffer->getSliceHandle();
 
-    auto stagingSlice = m_staging.alloc(CACHE_LINE_SIZE, bufferSlice.length);
+    auto stagingSlice = m_staging.alloc(bufferSlice.length);
     auto stagingHandle = stagingSlice.getSliceHandle();
     std::memcpy(stagingHandle.mapPtr, data, bufferSlice.length);
 
@@ -3478,7 +3478,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
         }
 
         auto blockCount = util::computeBlockCount(extent, formatInfo->blockSize);
-        auto stagingSlice  = m_staging.alloc(CACHE_LINE_SIZE, elementSize * util::flattenImageExtent(blockCount));
+        auto stagingSlice  = m_staging.alloc(elementSize * util::flattenImageExtent(blockCount));
         auto stagingHandle = stagingSlice.getSliceHandle();
 
         util::packImageData(stagingHandle.mapPtr, layerData,
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.cpp b/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.cpp
index 0daa725c..80b1b318 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.cpp
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ namespace dxvk {
   }
 
 
-  DxvkBufferSlice DxvkStagingBuffer::alloc(VkDeviceSize align, VkDeviceSize size) {
+  DxvkBufferSlice DxvkStagingBuffer::alloc(VkDeviceSize size) {
     DxvkBufferCreateInfo info;
     info.size   = size;
     info.usage  = VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT
@@ -28,15 +28,14 @@ namespace dxvk {
     info.access = VK_ACCESS_TRANSFER_READ_BIT
                 | VK_ACCESS_SHADER_READ_BIT;
 
-    VkDeviceSize alignedSize = dxvk::align(size, align);
-    VkDeviceSize alignedOffset = dxvk::align(m_offset, align);
+    VkDeviceSize alignedSize = dxvk::align(size, 256u);
 
     if (2 * alignedSize > m_size) {
       return DxvkBufferSlice(m_device->createBuffer(info,
         VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT | VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT));
     }
 
-    if (alignedOffset + alignedSize > m_size || m_buffer == nullptr) {
+    if (m_offset + alignedSize > m_size || m_buffer == nullptr) {
       info.size = m_size;
 
       // Free resources first if possible, in some rare
@@ -44,11 +43,11 @@ namespace dxvk {
       m_buffer = nullptr;
       m_buffer = m_device->createBuffer(info,
         VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT | VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT);
-      alignedOffset = 0;
+      m_offset = 0;
     }
 
-    DxvkBufferSlice slice(m_buffer, alignedOffset, size);
-    m_offset = alignedOffset + alignedSize;
+    DxvkBufferSlice slice(m_buffer, m_offset, size);
+    m_offset += alignedSize;
     return slice;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.h b/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.h
index b2346fe3..670f3114 100644
--- a/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.h
+++ b/src/dxvk/dxvk_staging.h
@@ -38,11 +38,10 @@ namespace dxvk {
      *
      * Tries to suballocate from existing buffer,
      * or creates a new buffer if necessary.
-     * \param [in] align Minimum alignment
      * \param [in] size Number of bytes to allocate
      * \returns Allocated slice
      */
-    DxvkBufferSlice alloc(VkDeviceSize align, VkDeviceSize size);
+    DxvkBufferSlice alloc(VkDeviceSize size);
 
     /**
      * \brief Resets staging buffer and allocator