diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
index 5bc888841eafe8a478e02d2167cd4744db3626c5..406d940173ab7ad229076e55291e05975b6da0a5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ struct lowcore {
 	/* Transaction abort diagnostic block */
 	__u8	pgm_tdb[256];			/* 0x1800 */
 	__u8	pad_0x1900[0x2000-0x1900];	/* 0x1900 */
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(8192);
 
 #define S390_lowcore (*((struct lowcore *) 0))