diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index 11ed2029985fd7a96938a5b7b838864e3a06cfbc..33b8222db75c43046d41f182011a8cbcfa8b12bd 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ struct net_bridge_port_group {
 	struct rcu_head			rcu;
 	struct timer_list		timer;
 	struct br_ip			addr;
+	unsigned char			eth_addr[ETH_ALEN] __aligned(2);
 	unsigned char			flags;
-	unsigned char			eth_addr[ETH_ALEN];
 };
 
 struct net_bridge_mdb_entry