diff --git a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
index ba9e96bc82c4..421e33883aef 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binder_alloc.c
@@ -344,8 +344,7 @@ static bool debug_low_async_space_locked(struct binder_alloc *alloc, int pid)
 			continue;
 		if (!buffer->async_transaction)
 			continue;
-		total_alloc_size += binder_alloc_buffer_size(alloc, buffer)
-			+ sizeof(struct binder_buffer);
+		total_alloc_size += binder_alloc_buffer_size(alloc, buffer);
 		num_buffers++;
 	}
 
@@ -411,8 +410,7 @@ static struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_new_buf_locked(
 	/* Pad 0-size buffers so they get assigned unique addresses */
 	size = max(size, sizeof(void *));
 
-	if (is_async &&
-	    alloc->free_async_space < size + sizeof(struct binder_buffer)) {
+	if (is_async && alloc->free_async_space < size) {
 		binder_alloc_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_BUFFER_ALLOC,
 			     "%d: binder_alloc_buf size %zd failed, no async space left\n",
 			      alloc->pid, size);
@@ -520,7 +518,7 @@ static struct binder_buffer *binder_alloc_new_buf_locked(
 	buffer->pid = pid;
 	buffer->oneway_spam_suspect = false;
 	if (is_async) {
-		alloc->free_async_space -= size + sizeof(struct binder_buffer);
+		alloc->free_async_space -= size;
 		binder_alloc_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_BUFFER_ALLOC_ASYNC,
 			     "%d: binder_alloc_buf size %zd async free %zd\n",
 			      alloc->pid, size, alloc->free_async_space);
@@ -658,8 +656,7 @@ static void binder_free_buf_locked(struct binder_alloc *alloc,
 	BUG_ON(buffer->user_data > alloc->buffer + alloc->buffer_size);
 
 	if (buffer->async_transaction) {
-		alloc->free_async_space += buffer_size + sizeof(struct binder_buffer);
-
+		alloc->free_async_space += buffer_size;
 		binder_alloc_debug(BINDER_DEBUG_BUFFER_ALLOC_ASYNC,
 			     "%d: binder_free_buf size %zd async free %zd\n",
 			      alloc->pid, size, alloc->free_async_space);