2 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 8ebbb511c783..0c6852d93506 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ZTEXTADDR	:= $(CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_TEXT)
 ZBSSADDR        := $(CONFIG_ZBOOT_ROM_BSS)
 else
 ZTEXTADDR       := 0
-ZBSSADDR        := ALIGN(4)
+ZBSSADDR        := ALIGN(8)
 endif
 
 SEDFLAGS        = s/TEXT_START/$(ZTEXTADDR)/;s/BSS_START/$(ZBSSADDR)/
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
index 5309909d7282..ea80abe78844 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds.in
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ SECTIONS
   .bss                  : { *(.bss) }
   _end = .;
 
+  . = ALIGN(8);         /* the stack must be 64-bit aligned */
   .stack                : { *(.stack) }
 
   .stab 0               : { *(.stab) }