diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 98761a1576ceb5c21b2d8c7e98c1217fd48abb26..252fee32081662ce3bf21d71158969afc9c596b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -309,6 +309,10 @@ static void parse_elf(void *output)
 
 		switch (phdr->p_type) {
 		case PT_LOAD:
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+			if ((phdr->p_align % 0x200000) != 0)
+				error("Alignment of LOAD segment isn't multiple of 2MB");
+#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
 			dest = output;
 			dest += (phdr->p_paddr - LOAD_PHYSICAL_ADDR);