diff --git a/src/bootimage.cpp b/src/bootimage.cpp
index 3d75f4401c..dd408705e2 100644
--- a/src/bootimage.cpp
+++ b/src/bootimage.cpp
@@ -502,10 +502,8 @@ makeCodeImage(Thread* t, Zone* zone, BootImage* image, uint8_t* code,
             }
 
             if (fieldFlags(t, field) & ACC_STATIC) {
-              unsigned excess = (targetStaticOffset % targetSize)
-                % TargetBytesPerWord;
-              if (excess) {
-                targetStaticOffset += TargetBytesPerWord - excess;
+              while (targetStaticOffset % targetSize) {
+                ++ targetStaticOffset;
               }
 
               buildStaticOffset = fieldOffset(t, field);
diff --git a/src/machine.cpp b/src/machine.cpp
index e4dcf2ad2c..182308f8d4 100644
--- a/src/machine.cpp
+++ b/src/machine.cpp
@@ -1164,9 +1164,8 @@ parseFieldTable(Thread* t, Stream& s, object class_, object pool)
 
       unsigned size = fieldSize(t, code);
       if (flags & ACC_STATIC) {
-        unsigned excess = (staticOffset % size) % BytesPerWord;
-        if (excess) {
-          staticOffset += BytesPerWord - excess;
+        while (staticOffset % size) {
+          ++ staticOffset;
         }
 
         fieldOffset(t, field) = staticOffset;
@@ -1205,9 +1204,8 @@ parseFieldTable(Thread* t, Stream& s, object class_, object pool)
 
       for (unsigned i = 0, offset = 0; i < staticCount; ++i) {
         unsigned size = fieldSize(t, RUNTIME_ARRAY_BODY(staticTypes)[i]);
-        unsigned excess = offset % size;
-        if (excess) {
-          offset += BytesPerWord - excess;
+        while (offset % size) {
+          ++ offset;
         }
 
         unsigned value = intArrayBody(t, staticValueTable, i);