diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 8ce88e08c030e16b90d2772d377160a12465fce2..07f930540f4a8b96b520cb630226ce700f79e732 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ ENDPROC(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag)
  * zeroing of .bss would clobber it.
  */
 	.pushsection	.data..cacheline_aligned
-ENTRY(__boot_cpu_mode)
 	.align	L1_CACHE_SHIFT
+ENTRY(__boot_cpu_mode)
 	.long	BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
 	.long	0
 	.popsection