diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
index 2b5a39c67df41ef5d91c0899b86d4bb8230ba7bf..9fe1129efa02db9065a3c64fe24a82ae6e646b55 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 #endif
 #endif
 	/* FP and VSX 0-31 register set */
-	double		fpr[32][TS_FPRWIDTH];
+	double		fpr[32][TS_FPRWIDTH] __attribute__((aligned(16)));
 	struct {
 
 		unsigned int pad;