diff --git a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 84a203b8573dab7db33ab817229d34b5998697a4..3d16d6ef47e1f31cdadefbb836cf66baff97df87 100644
--- a/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ SECTIONS
   __nosave_end = .;
 
   PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
+
+  . = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
   .data.cacheline_aligned : { *(.data.cacheline_aligned) }
 
   _edata = .;			/* End of data section */
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ SECTIONS
   SECURITY_INIT
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
+  . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
+
   __initramfs_start = .;
   .init.ramfs : { *(.init.ramfs) }
   __initramfs_end = .;