diff --git a/checked-file-impl.hh b/checked-file-impl.hh
index aab16cec6f..050edbcb54 100644
--- a/checked-file-impl.hh
+++ b/checked-file-impl.hh
@@ -31,10 +31,7 @@ class checked_file_impl : public file_impl {
 public:
 
     checked_file_impl(const io_error_handler& error_handler, file f)
-            : _error_handler(error_handler), _file(f) {
-        _memory_dma_alignment = f.memory_dma_alignment();
-        _disk_read_dma_alignment = f.disk_read_dma_alignment();
-        _disk_write_dma_alignment = f.disk_write_dma_alignment();
+            : file_impl(*get_file_impl(f)),  _error_handler(error_handler), _file(f) {
     }
 
     virtual future<size_t> write_dma(uint64_t pos, const void* buffer, size_t len, const io_priority_class& pc) override {
diff --git a/reader_concurrency_semaphore.cc b/reader_concurrency_semaphore.cc
index 6c7e9406d3..0cfb6086ca 100644
--- a/reader_concurrency_semaphore.cc
+++ b/reader_concurrency_semaphore.cc
@@ -574,11 +574,9 @@ class tracking_file_impl : public file_impl {
 
 public:
     tracking_file_impl(file file, reader_permit permit)
-        : _tracked_file(std::move(file))
+        : file_impl(*get_file_impl(file))
+        , _tracked_file(std::move(file))
         , _permit(std::move(permit)) {
-        _memory_dma_alignment = _tracked_file.memory_dma_alignment();
-        _disk_read_dma_alignment = _tracked_file.disk_read_dma_alignment();
-        _disk_write_dma_alignment = _tracked_file.disk_write_dma_alignment();
     }
 
     tracking_file_impl(const tracking_file_impl&) = delete;
diff --git a/sstables/integrity_checked_file_impl.cc b/sstables/integrity_checked_file_impl.cc
index ea559d0e2c..de378b7d03 100644
--- a/sstables/integrity_checked_file_impl.cc
+++ b/sstables/integrity_checked_file_impl.cc
@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@
 namespace sstables {
 
 integrity_checked_file_impl::integrity_checked_file_impl(sstring fname, file f)
-        : _fname(std::move(fname)), _file(f) {
-    _memory_dma_alignment = f.memory_dma_alignment();
-    _disk_read_dma_alignment = f.disk_read_dma_alignment();
-    _disk_write_dma_alignment = f.disk_write_dma_alignment();
+        : file_impl(*get_file_impl(f)), _fname(std::move(fname)), _file(f) {
 }
 
 static bytes data_sample(const int8_t* buf, size_t buf_len, size_t sample_off, size_t sample_len) {
diff --git a/tracing/traced_file.cc b/tracing/traced_file.cc
index 3128004762..1ab23d3624 100644
--- a/tracing/traced_file.cc
+++ b/tracing/traced_file.cc
@@ -53,10 +53,7 @@ public:
 };
 
 traced_file_impl::traced_file_impl(file f, tracing::trace_state_ptr trace_state, sstring trace_prefix)
-        : _f(std::move(f)), _trace_state(std::move(trace_state)), _trace_prefix(std::move(trace_prefix)) {
-    _memory_dma_alignment = _f.memory_dma_alignment();
-    _disk_read_dma_alignment = _f.disk_read_dma_alignment();
-    _disk_write_dma_alignment = _f.disk_write_dma_alignment();
+        : file_impl(*get_file_impl(f)), _f(std::move(f)), _trace_state(std::move(trace_state)), _trace_prefix(std::move(trace_prefix)) {
 }
 
 future<size_t>