diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index fb8e7f4c4b37f9364c0789704f6a3357dbebaea6..874e6bb7940578fd86878e69ae9ddc7b91eee03f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -105,14 +105,24 @@ common_invalid:
 /*
  * SVC mode handlers
  */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_AEABI) && (__LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 5)
+#define SPFIX(code...) code
+#else
+#define SPFIX(code...)
+#endif
+
 	.macro	svc_entry
 	sub	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
+ SPFIX(	tst	sp, #4		)
+ SPFIX(	bicne	sp, sp, #4	)
 	stmib	sp, {r1 - r12}
 
 	ldmia	r0, {r1 - r3}
 	add	r5, sp, #S_SP		@ here for interlock avoidance
 	mov	r4, #-1			@  ""  ""      ""       ""
 	add	r0, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE   @  ""  ""      ""       ""
+ SPFIX(	addne	r0, r0, #4	)
 	str	r1, [sp]		@ save the "real" r0 copied
 					@ from the exception stack
 
@@ -303,7 +313,14 @@ __pabt_svc:
 
 /*
  * User mode handlers
+ *
+ * EABI note: sp_svc is always 64-bit aligned here, so should S_FRAME_SIZE
  */
+
+#if defined(CONFIG_AEABI) && (__LINUX_ARM_ARCH__ >= 5) && (S_FRAME_SIZE & 7)
+#error "sizeof(struct pt_regs) must be a multiple of 8"
+#endif
+
 	.macro	usr_entry
 	sub	sp, sp, #S_FRAME_SIZE
 	stmib	sp, {r1 - r12}
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
index 648cfff93138bdc1df9e025efef31dbc1211a821..55c99cdab7d64f430f1e3063343111cfdf9dfce9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-header.S
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 @
 @ Most of the stack format comes from struct pt_regs, but with
 @ the addition of 8 bytes for storing syscall args 5 and 6.
+@ This _must_ remain a multiple of 8 for EABI.
 @
 #define S_OFF		8
 
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/ptrace.h b/include/asm-arm/ptrace.h
index 4377e22b7e1a9a7359d1e6255e4098b1227e7aa2..f40948d54448b7e4aa4f38bf1c1de697875369bf 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/ptrace.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/ptrace.h
@@ -60,9 +60,11 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
-/* this struct defines the way the registers are stored on the
-   stack during a system call. */
-
+/*
+ * This struct defines the way the registers are stored on the
+ * stack during a system call.  Note that sizeof(struct pt_regs)
+ * has to be a multiple of 8.
+ */
 struct pt_regs {
 	long uregs[18];
 };