diff --git a/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.cc b/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.cc
index 4272e17fd2eba2..db46b8ba2307bf 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.cc
@@ -58,15 +58,7 @@ Zone::~Zone() {
 
 void* Zone::New(size_t size) {
   // Round up the requested size to fit the alignment.
-  size = RoundUp(size, kAlignment);
-
-  // If the allocation size is divisible by 8 then we return an 8-byte aligned
-  // address.
-  if (kPointerSize == 4 && kAlignment == 4) {
-    position_ += ((~size) & 4) & (reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(position_) & 4);
-  } else {
-    DCHECK(kAlignment >= kPointerSize);
-  }
+  size = RoundUp(size, kAlignmentInBytes);
 
   // Check if the requested size is available without expanding.
   Address result = position_;
@@ -86,7 +78,7 @@ void* Zone::New(size_t size) {
   ASAN_POISON_MEMORY_REGION(redzone_position, kASanRedzoneBytes);
 
   // Check that the result has the proper alignment and return it.
-  DCHECK(IsAddressAligned(result, kAlignment, 0));
+  DCHECK(IsAddressAligned(result, kAlignmentInBytes, 0));
   allocation_size_ += size;
   return reinterpret_cast<void*>(result);
 }
@@ -121,7 +113,7 @@ void Zone::DeleteAll() {
   // force a new segment to be allocated on demand.
   if (keep) {
     Address start = keep->start();
-    position_ = RoundUp(start, kAlignment);
+    position_ = RoundUp(start, kAlignmentInBytes);
     limit_ = keep->end();
     // Un-poison so we can re-use the segment later.
     ASAN_UNPOISON_MEMORY_REGION(start, keep->capacity());
@@ -167,7 +159,7 @@ Segment* Zone::NewSegment(size_t size) {
 Address Zone::NewExpand(size_t size) {
   // Make sure the requested size is already properly aligned and that
   // there isn't enough room in the Zone to satisfy the request.
-  DCHECK_EQ(size, RoundDown(size, kAlignment));
+  DCHECK_EQ(size, RoundDown(size, kAlignmentInBytes));
   DCHECK(limit_ < position_ ||
          reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(limit_) -
                  reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(position_) <
@@ -179,7 +171,7 @@ Address Zone::NewExpand(size_t size) {
   // is to avoid excessive malloc() and free() overhead.
   Segment* head = segment_head_;
   const size_t old_size = (head == nullptr) ? 0 : head->size();
-  static const size_t kSegmentOverhead = sizeof(Segment) + kAlignment;
+  static const size_t kSegmentOverhead = sizeof(Segment) + kAlignmentInBytes;
   const size_t new_size_no_overhead = size + (old_size << 1);
   size_t new_size = kSegmentOverhead + new_size_no_overhead;
   const size_t min_new_size = kSegmentOverhead + size;
@@ -208,7 +200,7 @@ Address Zone::NewExpand(size_t size) {
   }
 
   // Recompute 'top' and 'limit' based on the new segment.
-  Address result = RoundUp(segment->start(), kAlignment);
+  Address result = RoundUp(segment->start(), kAlignmentInBytes);
   position_ = result + size;
   // Check for address overflow.
   // (Should not happen since the segment is guaranteed to accomodate
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.h b/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.h
index 9ff259e7907bc6..ca0d7e4437933e 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.h
+++ b/deps/v8/src/zone/zone.h
@@ -63,15 +63,8 @@ class V8_EXPORT_PRIVATE Zone final {
   AccountingAllocator* allocator() const { return allocator_; }
 
  private:
-// All pointers returned from New() have this alignment.  In addition, if the
-// object being allocated has a size that is divisible by 8 then its alignment
-// will be 8. ASan requires 8-byte alignment.
-#ifdef V8_USE_ADDRESS_SANITIZER
-  static const size_t kAlignment = 8;
-  STATIC_ASSERT(kPointerSize <= 8);
-#else
-  static const size_t kAlignment = kPointerSize;
-#endif
+  // All pointers returned from New() are 8-byte aligned.
+  static const size_t kAlignmentInBytes = 8;
 
   // Never allocate segments smaller than this size in bytes.
   static const size_t kMinimumSegmentSize = 8 * KB;
@@ -105,7 +98,7 @@ class V8_EXPORT_PRIVATE Zone final {
 
   // The free region in the current (front) segment is represented as
   // the half-open interval [position, limit). The 'position' variable
-  // is guaranteed to be aligned as dictated by kAlignment.
+  // is guaranteed to be aligned as dictated by kAlignmentInBytes.
   Address position_;
   Address limit_;
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/unittests/BUILD.gn b/deps/v8/test/unittests/BUILD.gn
index ebee73db757fc1..c5a5c702f4022f 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/unittests/BUILD.gn
+++ b/deps/v8/test/unittests/BUILD.gn
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ v8_executable("unittests") {
     "wasm/switch-logic-unittest.cc",
     "wasm/wasm-macro-gen-unittest.cc",
     "wasm/wasm-module-builder-unittest.cc",
+    "zone/zone-unittest.cc",
   ]
 
   if (v8_current_cpu == "arm") {
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/unittests/unittests.gyp b/deps/v8/test/unittests/unittests.gyp
index e2b9f26347e93e..6aa2e9169fb6a9 100644
--- a/deps/v8/test/unittests/unittests.gyp
+++ b/deps/v8/test/unittests/unittests.gyp
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
       'test-utils.cc',
       'unicode-unittest.cc',
       'value-serializer-unittest.cc',
+      'zone/zone-unittest.cc',
       'wasm/asm-types-unittest.cc',
       'wasm/ast-decoder-unittest.cc',
       'wasm/control-transfer-unittest.cc',
diff --git a/deps/v8/test/unittests/zone/zone-unittest.cc b/deps/v8/test/unittests/zone/zone-unittest.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3ea18b530f7ea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/v8/test/unittests/zone/zone-unittest.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// Copyright 2017 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+
+#include "src/zone/zone.h"
+
+#include "src/zone/accounting-allocator.h"
+#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace v8 {
+namespace internal {
+
+TEST(Zone, 8ByteAlignment) {
+  AccountingAllocator allocator;
+  Zone zone(&allocator);
+
+  for (size_t i = 0; i < 16; ++i) {
+    ASSERT_EQ(reinterpret_cast<intptr_t>(zone.New(i)) % 8, 0);
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace internal
+}  // namespace v8