diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index fafb75c6c592..6233ae35d0d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -659,6 +659,7 @@ no_longmode:
 gdt64:
 	.word	gdt_end - gdt
 	.quad   0
+	.balign	8
 gdt:
 	.word	gdt_end - gdt
 	.long	gdt