diff --git a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh
index f8142d9a82..8d1508a3d8 100644
--- a/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh
+++ b/cpp/include/raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ void binaryOpImpl(OutType *out, const InType *in1, const InType *in2,
   CUDA_CHECK(cudaPeekAtLastError());
 }
 
+inline bool addressAligned(uint64_t addr1, uint64_t addr2, uint64_t addr3,
+                           uint64_t N) {
+  return addr1 % N == 0 && addr2 % N == 0 && addr3 % N == 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * @brief perform element-wise binary operation on the input arrays
  * @tparam InType input data-type
@@ -76,16 +81,23 @@ void binaryOp(OutType *out, const InType *in1, const InType *in2, IdxType len,
   constexpr auto maxSize =
     sizeof(InType) > sizeof(OutType) ? sizeof(InType) : sizeof(OutType);
   size_t bytes = len * maxSize;
-  if (16 / maxSize && bytes % 16 == 0) {
+  uint64_t in1Addr = uint64_t(in1);
+  uint64_t in2Addr = uint64_t(in2);
+  uint64_t outAddr = uint64_t(out);
+  if (16 / maxSize && bytes % 16 == 0 &&
+      addressAligned(in1Addr, in2Addr, outAddr, 16)) {
     binaryOpImpl<InType, 16 / maxSize, Lambda, IdxType, OutType, TPB>(
       out, in1, in2, len, op, stream);
-  } else if (8 / maxSize && bytes % 8 == 0) {
+  } else if (8 / maxSize && bytes % 8 == 0 &&
+             addressAligned(in1Addr, in2Addr, outAddr, 8)) {
     binaryOpImpl<InType, 8 / maxSize, Lambda, IdxType, OutType, TPB>(
       out, in1, in2, len, op, stream);
-  } else if (4 / maxSize && bytes % 4 == 0) {
+  } else if (4 / maxSize && bytes % 4 == 0 &&
+             addressAligned(in1Addr, in2Addr, outAddr, 4)) {
     binaryOpImpl<InType, 4 / maxSize, Lambda, IdxType, OutType, TPB>(
       out, in1, in2, len, op, stream);
-  } else if (2 / maxSize && bytes % 2 == 0) {
+  } else if (2 / maxSize && bytes % 2 == 0 &&
+             addressAligned(in1Addr, in2Addr, outAddr, 2)) {
     binaryOpImpl<InType, 2 / maxSize, Lambda, IdxType, OutType, TPB>(
       out, in1, in2, len, op, stream);
   } else if (1 / maxSize) {
diff --git a/cpp/test/linalg/binary_op.cu b/cpp/test/linalg/binary_op.cu
index 357ade7388..3ae4f86066 100644
--- a/cpp/test/linalg/binary_op.cu
+++ b/cpp/test/linalg/binary_op.cu
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include <gtest/gtest.h>
 #include <raft/cudart_utils.h>
 #include <raft/linalg/binary_op.cuh>
+#include <raft/mr/device/buffer.hpp>
 #include <raft/random/rng.cuh>
 #include "../test_utils.h"
 #include "binary_op.cuh"
@@ -121,5 +122,35 @@ TEST_P(BinaryOpTestD_i64, Result) {
 INSTANTIATE_TEST_SUITE_P(BinaryOpTests, BinaryOpTestD_i64,
                          ::testing::ValuesIn(inputsd_i64));
 
+template <typename math_t>
+class BinaryOpAlignment : public ::testing::Test {
+ protected:
+  BinaryOpAlignment() {
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaStreamCreate(&stream));
+    handle.set_stream(stream);
+  }
+  void TearDown() override { CUDA_CHECK(cudaStreamDestroy(stream)); }
+
+ public:
+  void Misaligned() {
+    // Test to trigger cudaErrorMisalignedAddress if veclen is incorrectly
+    // chosen.
+    int n = 1024;
+    mr::device::buffer<math_t> x(handle.get_device_allocator(), stream, n);
+    mr::device::buffer<math_t> y(handle.get_device_allocator(), stream, n);
+    mr::device::buffer<math_t> z(handle.get_device_allocator(), stream, n);
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaMemsetAsync(x.data(), 0, n * sizeof(math_t), stream));
+    CUDA_CHECK(cudaMemsetAsync(y.data(), 0, n * sizeof(math_t), stream));
+    raft::linalg::binaryOp(
+      z.data() + 9, x.data() + 137, y.data() + 19, 256,
+      [] __device__(math_t x, math_t y) { return x + y; }, stream);
+  }
+
+  raft::handle_t handle;
+  cudaStream_t stream;
+};
+typedef ::testing::Types<float, double> FloatTypes;
+TYPED_TEST_CASE(BinaryOpAlignment, FloatTypes);
+TYPED_TEST(BinaryOpAlignment, Misaligned) { this->Misaligned(); }
 }  // namespace linalg
 }  // namespace raft