diff --git a/mm/mm_gran/mm_granalloc.c b/mm/mm_gran/mm_granalloc.c
index 30794cd681..be11d0f7af 100644
--- a/mm/mm_gran/mm_granalloc.c
+++ b/mm/mm_gran/mm_granalloc.c
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ FAR void *gran_alloc(GRAN_HANDLE handle, size_t size)
 
       /* Now search the granule allocation table for that number of contiguous */
 
-      alloc = priv->heapstart;
-
       for (granidx = 0; granidx < priv->ngranules; granidx += 32)
         {
           /* Get the GAT index associated with the granule table entry */
@@ -118,7 +116,6 @@ FAR void *gran_alloc(GRAN_HANDLE handle, size_t size)
 
           if (curr == 0xffffffff)
             {
-              alloc += (32 << priv->log2gran);
               continue;
             }
 
@@ -147,6 +144,8 @@ FAR void *gran_alloc(GRAN_HANDLE handle, size_t size)
            * granules left to satisfy the allocation.
            */
 
+          alloc = priv->heapstart + (granidx << priv->log2gran);
+
           for (bitidx = 0;
                bitidx < 32 && (granidx + bitidx + ngranules) <= priv->ngranules;
               )