diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index 92ddac1e8ca2f35b8f24028514bb761aed3591a4..abe2a9542b3a367c778a96051dcf3618881d6fa1 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -371,6 +371,13 @@ static int __kprobes do_translation_fault(unsigned long addr,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int do_alignment_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
+			      struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	do_bad_area(addr, esr, regs);
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * This abort handler always returns "fault".
  */
@@ -418,7 +425,7 @@ static struct fault_info {
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  0,		"synchronous parity error (translation table walk)" },
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  0,		"synchronous parity error (translation table walk)" },
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  0,		"unknown 32"			},
-	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  BUS_ADRALN,	"alignment fault"		},
+	{ do_alignment_fault,	SIGBUS,  BUS_ADRALN,	"alignment fault"		},
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  0,		"unknown 34"			},
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  0,		"unknown 35"			},
 	{ do_bad,		SIGBUS,  0,		"unknown 36"			},