diff --git a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
index 8024cd5febd226da1e3bfe99003f8eb217bdfc69..d9e5e80bb4d0b7b2b49972057c28a377a40aec89 100644
--- a/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
+++ b/tools/perf/bench/futex-hash.c
@@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ static unsigned int threads_starting;
 static struct stats throughput_stats;
 static pthread_cond_t thread_parent, thread_worker;
 
+#define SMP_CACHE_BYTES 256
+#define __cacheline_aligned __attribute__ ((aligned (SMP_CACHE_BYTES)))
+
 struct worker {
 	int tid;
 	u_int32_t *futex;
 	pthread_t thread;
 	unsigned long ops;
-};
+} __cacheline_aligned;
 
 static const struct option options[] = {
 	OPT_UINTEGER('t', "threads", &nthreads, "Specify amount of threads"),