diff --git a/src/io/ipc/write/common.rs b/src/io/ipc/write/common.rs
index 02ddc1eca87..8b1a2a03c56 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/write/common.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/write/common.rs
@@ -370,8 +370,8 @@ pub struct EncodedData {
 
 /// Calculate an 8-byte boundary and return the number of bytes needed to pad to 8 bytes
 #[inline]
-pub(crate) fn pad_to_8(len: usize) -> usize {
-    (((len + 7) & !7) - len) as usize
+pub(crate) fn pad_to_64(len: usize) -> usize {
+    (((len + 63) & !63) - len) as usize
 }
 
 /// An array [`Chunk`] with optional accompanying IPC fields.
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/write/common_async.rs b/src/io/ipc/write/common_async.rs
index 8792a9bd0bf..21c04603d88 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/write/common_async.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/write/common_async.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use futures::AsyncWriteExt;
 use crate::error::Result;
 
 use super::super::CONTINUATION_MARKER;
-use super::common::pad_to_8;
+use super::common::pad_to_64;
 use super::common::EncodedData;
 
 /// Write a message's IPC data and buffers, returning metadata and buffer data lengths written
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ pub async fn write_message<W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send>(
 ) -> Result<(usize, usize)> {
     let arrow_data_len = encoded.arrow_data.len();
 
-    let a = 8 - 1;
+    let a = 64 - 1;
     let buffer = encoded.ipc_message;
     let flatbuf_size = buffer.len();
-    let prefix_size = 8;
+    let prefix_size = 8; // the message length
     let aligned_size = (flatbuf_size + prefix_size + a) & !a;
     let padding_bytes = aligned_size - flatbuf_size - prefix_size;
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ async fn write_body_buffers<W: AsyncWrite + Unpin + Send>(
     data: &[u8],
 ) -> Result<usize> {
     let len = data.len();
-    let pad_len = pad_to_8(data.len());
+    let pad_len = pad_to_64(data.len());
     let total_len = len + pad_len;
 
     // write body buffer
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/write/common_sync.rs b/src/io/ipc/write/common_sync.rs
index bafde8664c4..9f281e2206d 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/write/common_sync.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/write/common_sync.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::io::Write;
 use crate::error::Result;
 
 use super::super::CONTINUATION_MARKER;
-use super::common::pad_to_8;
+use super::common::pad_to_64;
 use super::common::EncodedData;
 
 /// Write a message's IPC data and buffers, returning metadata and buffer data lengths written
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ pub fn write_message<W: Write>(writer: &mut W, encoded: EncodedData) -> Result<(
 
 fn write_body_buffers<W: Write>(mut writer: W, data: &[u8]) -> Result<usize> {
     let len = data.len();
-    let pad_len = pad_to_8(data.len());
+    let pad_len = pad_to_64(data.len());
     let total_len = len + pad_len;
 
     // write body buffer
diff --git a/src/io/ipc/write/serialize.rs b/src/io/ipc/write/serialize.rs
index 40eb13a00bd..28647bd9111 100644
--- a/src/io/ipc/write/serialize.rs
+++ b/src/io/ipc/write/serialize.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use crate::{
 
 use super::super::compression;
 use super::super::endianess::is_native_little_endian;
-use super::common::{pad_to_8, Compression};
+use super::common::{pad_to_64, Compression};
 
 fn write_primitive<T: NativeType>(
     array: &PrimitiveArray<T>,
@@ -564,8 +564,8 @@ pub fn write(
 }
 
 #[inline]
-fn pad_buffer_to_8(buffer: &mut Vec<u8>, length: usize) {
-    let pad_len = pad_to_8(length);
+fn pad_buffer_to_64(buffer: &mut Vec<u8>, length: usize) {
+    let pad_len = pad_to_64(length);
     buffer.extend_from_slice(&vec![0u8; pad_len]);
 }
 
@@ -748,7 +748,7 @@ fn write_buffer_from_iter<T: NativeType, I: TrustedLen<Item = T>>(
 fn finish_buffer(arrow_data: &mut Vec<u8>, start: usize, offset: &mut i64) -> ipc::Buffer {
     let buffer_len = (arrow_data.len() - start) as i64;
 
-    pad_buffer_to_8(arrow_data, arrow_data.len() - start);
+    pad_buffer_to_64(arrow_data, arrow_data.len() - start);
     let total_len = (arrow_data.len() - start) as i64;
 
     let buffer = ipc::Buffer {