diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm.h b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm.h
index 3b055f9aeaab56bcbe91f9bc493ac2d08c527074..3cea19877227a03c4c501bffa6a687cbe32ad126 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rseq/rseq-arm.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ do {									\
 #define __RSEQ_ASM_DEFINE_ABORT(table_label, label, teardown,		\
 				abort_label, version, flags,		\
 				start_ip, post_commit_offset, abort_ip)	\
+		".balign 32\n\t"					\
 		__rseq_str(table_label) ":\n\t"				\
 		".word " __rseq_str(version) ", " __rseq_str(flags) "\n\t" \
 		".word " __rseq_str(start_ip) ", 0x0, " __rseq_str(post_commit_offset) ", 0x0, " __rseq_str(abort_ip) ", 0x0\n\t" \