1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
index 9c253bd65e24..547128546cc3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@ static void __init setup_xstate_init(void)
          * Setup init_xstate_buf to represent the init state of
          * all the features managed by the xsave
          */
-        init_xstate_buf = alloc_bootmem(xstate_size);
+        init_xstate_buf = alloc_bootmem_align(xstate_size,
+                                              __alignof__(struct xsave_struct));
         init_xstate_buf->i387.mxcsr = MXCSR_DEFAULT;
 
         clts();