diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
index 579de70e0b4dc3d32f473576ee8cc125b0406a57..93219c34af327b3e113a344485310b8f2923a879 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/systbl.S
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define sys_sigpending	sys_ni_syscall
 #define sys_old_getrlimit sys_ni_syscall
+
+	.p2align	3
 #endif
 
 _GLOBAL(sys_call_table)