1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

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) }