diff --git a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
index 049138b9e5de8f9208c7539a4dd83694d86be0e5..0542bac2d79e59068c4854623517890d9d1e117c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/brcm80211/brcmfmac/wl_cfg80211.h
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ struct brcmf_cfg80211_priv {
 	u8 *ioctl_buf;	/* ioctl buffer */
 	u8 *extra_buf;	/* maily to grab assoc information */
 	struct dentry *debugfsdir;
-	u8 ci[0] __attribute__ ((__aligned__(NETDEV_ALIGN)));
+	u8 ci[0] __aligned(NETDEV_ALIGN);
 };
 
 #define cfg_to_wiphy(w) (w->wdev->wiphy)