diff --git a/src/vppinfra/cache.h b/src/vppinfra/cache.h
index e8e89ba8556..e2c406d8432 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/cache.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/cache.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 
 #define CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES (1 << CLIB_LOG2_CACHE_LINE_BYTES)
 #define CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ALIGN_MARK(mark) u8 mark[0] __attribute__((aligned(CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES)))
+#define CLIB_CACHE_LINE_ROUND(x) ((x + CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES - 1) & ~(CLIB_CACHE_LINE_BYTES - 1))
 
 /* Default cache line fill buffers. */
 #ifndef CLIB_N_PREFETCHES