diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra186/nvtboot_ll.S b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra186/nvtboot_ll.S
index 1eab890958..899c9cccbe 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra186/nvtboot_ll.S
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-tegra/tegra186/nvtboot_ll.S
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <config.h>
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
 
+.align 8
 .globl	nvtboot_boot_x0
 nvtboot_boot_x0:
 	.dword 0