diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock_types.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
index cfed272e4fd592d9d5844485e64921c30a61ccc2..a2bbfd7df85facf02202fe78f2a525bdc61a18fb 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/spinlock_types.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 typedef struct {
 	int lock;
-} __attribute__ ((aligned (4))) arch_spinlock_t;
+} arch_spinlock_t;
 
 #define __ARCH_SPIN_LOCK_UNLOCKED { .lock = 0, }