diff --git a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ni_asm.S b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ni_asm.S
index 2f94ec0e763bfefb088b7558b34c4cfefe177757..cd943b2af2c4150ab269526dee3eb5e87fbbe2b0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ni_asm.S
+++ b/arch/x86/crypto/sha1_ni_asm.S
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@
  * numBlocks: Number of blocks to process
  */
 .text
-.align 32
 SYM_FUNC_START(sha1_ni_transform)
 	push		%rbp
 	mov		%rsp, %rbp