diff --git a/include/linux/fanotify.h b/include/linux/fanotify.h
index 0f0121467fc4b8cf261cbb06a9ff6347b3596474..bdbf9bb29b54535cd565bf162b57097c0de1a51a 100644
--- a/include/linux/fanotify.h
+++ b/include/linux/fanotify.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ struct fanotify_event_metadata {
 struct fanotify_response {
 	__s32 fd;
 	__u32 response;
-} __attribute__ ((packed));
+};
 
 /* Legit userspace responses to a _PERM event */
 #define FAN_ALLOW	0x01