diff --git a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
index 8f73907a959eaa2a27125dea11bc6248786c683d..f06c10f092ba53036a379a3c05983e3e928808aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/symbol.c
@@ -2406,6 +2406,8 @@ int symbol__init(void)
 	if (symbol_conf.initialized)
 		return 0;
 
+	symbol_conf.priv_size = ALIGN(symbol_conf.priv_size, sizeof(u64));
+
 	elf_version(EV_CURRENT);
 	if (symbol_conf.sort_by_name)
 		symbol_conf.priv_size += (sizeof(struct symbol_name_rb_node) -