diff --git a/src/ippair.c b/src/ippair.c
index 736cdce5ba..e86d67b531 100644
--- a/src/ippair.c
+++ b/src/ippair.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ void IPPairInitConfig(char quiet)
                 (uintmax_t)sizeof(IPPairHashRow));
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
-    ippair_hash = SCCalloc(ippair_config.hash_size, sizeof(IPPairHashRow));
+    ippair_hash = SCMallocAligned(ippair_config.hash_size * sizeof(IPPairHashRow), CLS);
     if (unlikely(ippair_hash == NULL)) {
         SCLogError(SC_ERR_FATAL, "Fatal error encountered in IPPairInitConfig. Exiting...");
         exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void IPPairShutdown(void)
 
             HRLOCK_DESTROY(&ippair_hash[u]);
         }
-        SCFree(ippair_hash);
+        SCFreeAligned(ippair_hash);
         ippair_hash = NULL;
     }
     (void) SC_ATOMIC_SUB(ippair_memuse, ippair_config.hash_size * sizeof(IPPairHashRow));