diff --git a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
index cee0c7493fd0003d5cbc8f193afdea81e2d769e9..c4130588b035f95b89ed5e245edf052276ce6f34 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
+++ b/net/mac80211/ieee80211_i.h
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ struct ieee80211_if_ibss {
 
 	bool control_port;
 
-	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN];
+	u8 bssid[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 	u8 ssid[IEEE80211_MAX_SSID_LEN];
 	u8 ssid_len, ie_len;
 	u8 *ie;