diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index afb119f35682680c2eb5eeddb20137aab7e64aa9..58738c8d754feb09bf525fe6862c62e1f6bda39a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(_PAGE_SIZE);
 	__nosave_end = .;
 
-	. = ALIGN(32);
+	. = ALIGN(1 << CONFIG_MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT);
 	.data.cacheline_aligned : {
 		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
 	}