diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index f9d2e1e5e7..c5a3707865 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ string(TOUPPER ${LAMMPS_SIZES} LAMMPS_SIZES)
 target_compile_definitions(lammps PUBLIC -DLAMMPS_${LAMMPS_SIZES})
 
 # posix_memalign is not available on Windows
-# with INTEL package and Intel compilers we use TBB based malloc
+# with INTEL package and Intel compilers we use TBB's aligned malloc
 if((CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-   AND NOT (PKG_INTEL AND ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "IntelLLVM") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "IntelLLVM"))))
+   AND NOT (PKG_INTEL AND ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel") OR (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "IntelLLVM"))))
   set(LAMMPS_MEMALIGN "0" CACHE STRING "posix_memalign() is not available on Windows" FORCE)
 else()
   set(LAMMPS_MEMALIGN "64" CACHE STRING "enables the use of the posix_memalign() call instead of malloc() when large chunks or memory are allocated by LAMMPS. Set to 0 to disable")