diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/hab.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/hab.h
index a522cbab896134764bffcd110b79cd2cdd49c3cf..ce9a44dacda2cd558bc8e2d5e12c20c4c8ae19e4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/hab.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach-imx/hab.h
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 #define IVT_HEADER_V1		0x40
 #define IVT_HEADER_V2		0x41
 
-struct ivt_header {
+struct __packed ivt_header {
 	uint8_t		magic;
 	uint16_t	length;
 	uint8_t		version;
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 struct ivt {
 	struct ivt_header hdr;	/* IVT header above */