diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
index b6bca59b7ba66..8e9b200779666 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,7 @@ static void pipapo_free_scratch(const struct nft_pipapo_match *m, unsigned int c
 		return;
 
 	mem = s;
+	mem -= s->align_off;
 	kfree(mem);
 }
 
@@ -1135,6 +1136,7 @@ static int pipapo_realloc_scratch(struct nft_pipapo_match *clone,
 		struct nft_pipapo_scratch *scratch;
 #ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
 		void *scratch_aligned;
+		u32 align_off;
 #endif
 		scratch = kzalloc_node(struct_size(scratch, map,
 						   bsize_max * 2) +
@@ -1153,8 +1155,6 @@ static int pipapo_realloc_scratch(struct nft_pipapo_match *clone,
 
 		pipapo_free_scratch(clone, i);
 
-		*per_cpu_ptr(clone->scratch, i) = scratch;
-
 #ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
 		/* Align &scratch->map (not the struct itself): the extra
 		 * %NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN_HEADROOM bytes passed to kzalloc_node()
@@ -1166,8 +1166,12 @@ static int pipapo_realloc_scratch(struct nft_pipapo_match *clone,
 
 		scratch_aligned = NFT_PIPAPO_LT_ALIGN(&scratch->map);
 		scratch_aligned -= offsetof(struct nft_pipapo_scratch, map);
-		*per_cpu_ptr(clone->scratch_aligned, i) = scratch_aligned;
+		align_off = scratch_aligned - (void *)scratch;
+
+		scratch = scratch_aligned;
+		scratch->align_off = align_off;
 #endif
+		*per_cpu_ptr(clone->scratch, i) = scratch;
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1320,11 +1324,6 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_match *pipapo_clone(struct nft_pipapo_match *old)
 	if (!new->scratch)
 		goto out_scratch;
 
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-	new->scratch_aligned = alloc_percpu(*new->scratch_aligned);
-	if (!new->scratch_aligned)
-		goto out_scratch;
-#endif
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
 		*per_cpu_ptr(new->scratch, i) = NULL;
 
@@ -1377,9 +1376,6 @@ static struct nft_pipapo_match *pipapo_clone(struct nft_pipapo_match *old)
 out_scratch_realloc:
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
 		pipapo_free_scratch(new, i);
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-	free_percpu(new->scratch_aligned);
-#endif
 out_scratch:
 	free_percpu(new->scratch);
 	kfree(new);
@@ -1666,11 +1662,7 @@ static void pipapo_free_match(struct nft_pipapo_match *m)
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
 		pipapo_free_scratch(m, i);
 
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-	free_percpu(m->scratch_aligned);
-#endif
 	free_percpu(m->scratch);
-
 	pipapo_free_fields(m);
 
 	kfree(m);
@@ -2165,16 +2157,6 @@ static int nft_pipapo_init(const struct nft_set *set,
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
 		*per_cpu_ptr(m->scratch, i) = NULL;
 
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-	m->scratch_aligned = alloc_percpu(struct nft_pipapo_scratch *);
-	if (!m->scratch_aligned) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
-		goto out_free;
-	}
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
-		*per_cpu_ptr(m->scratch_aligned, i) = NULL;
-#endif
-
 	rcu_head_init(&m->rcu);
 
 	nft_pipapo_for_each_field(f, i, m) {
@@ -2205,9 +2187,6 @@ static int nft_pipapo_init(const struct nft_set *set,
 	return 0;
 
 out_free:
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-	free_percpu(m->scratch_aligned);
-#endif
 	free_percpu(m->scratch);
 out_scratch:
 	kfree(m);
@@ -2261,9 +2240,6 @@ static void nft_pipapo_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 
 		nft_set_pipapo_match_destroy(ctx, set, m);
 
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-		free_percpu(m->scratch_aligned);
-#endif
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 			pipapo_free_scratch(m, cpu);
 		free_percpu(m->scratch);
@@ -2278,9 +2254,6 @@ static void nft_pipapo_destroy(const struct nft_ctx *ctx,
 		if (priv->dirty)
 			nft_set_pipapo_match_destroy(ctx, set, m);
 
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-		free_percpu(priv->clone->scratch_aligned);
-#endif
 		for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
 			pipapo_free_scratch(priv->clone, cpu);
 		free_percpu(priv->clone->scratch);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.h b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.h
index de96e1a01dc0b..30a3d092cd841 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo.h
@@ -133,10 +133,12 @@ struct nft_pipapo_field {
 /**
  * struct nft_pipapo_scratch - percpu data used for lookup and matching
  * @map_index:	Current working bitmap index, toggled between field matches
+ * @align_off:	Offset to get the originally allocated address
  * @map:	store partial matching results during lookup
  */
 struct nft_pipapo_scratch {
 	u8 map_index;
+	u32 align_off;
 	unsigned long map[];
 };
 
@@ -144,16 +146,12 @@ struct nft_pipapo_scratch {
  * struct nft_pipapo_match - Data used for lookup and matching
  * @field_count		Amount of fields in set
  * @scratch:		Preallocated per-CPU maps for partial matching results
- * @scratch_aligned:	Version of @scratch aligned to NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN bytes
  * @bsize_max:		Maximum lookup table bucket size of all fields, in longs
  * @rcu			Matching data is swapped on commits
  * @f:			Fields, with lookup and mapping tables
  */
 struct nft_pipapo_match {
 	int field_count;
-#ifdef NFT_PIPAPO_ALIGN
-	struct nft_pipapo_scratch * __percpu *scratch_aligned;
-#endif
 	struct nft_pipapo_scratch * __percpu *scratch;
 	size_t bsize_max;
 	struct rcu_head rcu;
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
index 78213c73af2e2..90e275bb3e5d7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_pipapo_avx2.c
@@ -1139,7 +1139,7 @@ bool nft_pipapo_avx2_lookup(const struct net *net, const struct nft_set *set,
 	 */
 	kernel_fpu_begin_mask(0);
 
-	scratch = *raw_cpu_ptr(m->scratch_aligned);
+	scratch = *raw_cpu_ptr(m->scratch);
 	if (unlikely(!scratch)) {
 		kernel_fpu_end();
 		return false;
