diff --git a/arch/s390/numa/numa.c b/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
index 43f32ce60aa3d98af0b7665090fa3eb080d12fa7..b75ac43060e1edde9f15896c8ed4f92b87570b8b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
+++ b/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ static __init pg_data_t *alloc_node_data(void)
 {
 	pg_data_t *res;
 
-	res = (pg_data_t *) memblock_alloc(sizeof(pg_data_t), 1);
+	res = (pg_data_t *) memblock_alloc(sizeof(pg_data_t), 8);
 	if (!res)
 		panic("Could not allocate memory for node data!\n");
 	memset(res, 0, sizeof(pg_data_t));