diff --git a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp
index d6dacff4dfa23..b7f3eb2316249 100644
--- a/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp
+++ b/sycl/include/CL/sycl/types.hpp
@@ -542,12 +542,13 @@ using vec_data_t = typename detail::vec_helper<T>::RetType;
 // For information on calling conventions for x64 processors, see
 // Calling Convention
 // (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/build/x64-calling-convention).
-#pragma message ("Alignment of class vec is not in accordance with SYCL \
+#pragma message("Alignment of class vec is not in accordance with SYCL \
 specification requirements, a limitation of the MSVC compiler(Error C2719).\
-Applied default alignment.")
-#define __SYCL_ALIGNAS(x)
+Requested alignment applied, limited at 64.")
+#define __SYCL_ALIGNED_VAR(type, x, var)                                       \
+  type __declspec(align((x < 64) ? x : 64)) var
 #else
-#define __SYCL_ALIGNAS(N) alignas(N)
+#define __SYCL_ALIGNED_VAR(type, x, var) alignas(x) type var
 #endif
 
 /// Provides a cross-patform vector class template that works efficiently on
@@ -1363,12 +1364,14 @@ template <typename Type, int NumElements> class vec {
   }
 
   // fields
-  // Used "__SYCL_ALIGNAS" instead "alignas" to handle MSVC compiler.
+  // Used "__SYCL_ALIGNED_VAR" instead "alignas" to handle MSVC compiler.
   // For MSVC compiler max alignment is 64, e.g. vec<double, 16> required
   // alignment of 128 and MSVC compiler cann't align a parameter with requested
-  // alignment of 128.
-  __SYCL_ALIGNAS((detail::vector_alignment<DataT, NumElements>::value))
-  DataType m_Data;
+  // alignment of 128. For alignment request larger than 64, 64-alignment
+  // is applied
+  __SYCL_ALIGNED_VAR(DataType,
+                     (detail::vector_alignment<DataT, NumElements>::value),
+                     m_Data);
 
   // friends
   template <typename T1, typename T2, typename T3, template <typename> class T4,
@@ -2497,4 +2500,4 @@ struct CheckDeviceCopyable<
 } // namespace sycl
 } // __SYCL_INLINE_NAMESPACE(cl)
 
-#undef __SYCL_ALIGNAS
+#undef __SYCL_ALIGNED_VAR
diff --git a/sycl/test/basic_tests/stdcpp_compat.cpp b/sycl/test/basic_tests/stdcpp_compat.cpp
index a51501204fc8a..512a5cb9d9136 100644
--- a/sycl/test/basic_tests/stdcpp_compat.cpp
+++ b/sycl/test/basic_tests/stdcpp_compat.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@
 // warning_extension-warning@* 0-1 {{#warning is a language extension}}
 //
 // The next warning is emitted for windows only
-// expected-warning@* 0-1 {{Alignment of class vec is not in accordance with SYCL specification requirements, a limitation of the MSVC compiler(Error C2719).Applied default alignment.}}
-
+// expected-warning@* 0-1 {{Alignment of class vec is not in accordance with SYCL specification requirements, a limitation of the MSVC compiler(Error C2719).Requested alignment applied, limited at 64.}}
 
 class KernelName1;