1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 13a4bf9ac4da..9345b44b86f0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 /* Symbols defined by linker scripts */
 extern char input_data[];
 extern int input_len;
-extern __le32 output_len;       /* at unaligned address, little-endian */
+/* output_len is inserted by the linker possibly at an unaligned address */
+extern __le32 output_len __aligned(1);
 extern char _text, _end;
 extern char _bss, _ebss;
 extern char _startcode_end;