op_ring_buffer_write = NULL;
 }
 
+#define RB_EVENT_HDR_SIZE 4
+
 int alloc_cpu_buffers(void)
 {
        int i;
 
        unsigned long buffer_size = oprofile_cpu_buffer_size;
+       unsigned long byte_size = buffer_size * (sizeof(struct op_sample) +
+                                                RB_EVENT_HDR_SIZE);
 
-       op_ring_buffer_read = ring_buffer_alloc(buffer_size, OP_BUFFER_FLAGS);
+       op_ring_buffer_read = ring_buffer_alloc(byte_size, OP_BUFFER_FLAGS);
        if (!op_ring_buffer_read)
                goto fail;
-       op_ring_buffer_write = ring_buffer_alloc(buffer_size, OP_BUFFER_FLAGS);
+       op_ring_buffer_write = ring_buffer_alloc(byte_size, OP_BUFFER_FLAGS);
        if (!op_ring_buffer_write)
                goto fail;