diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
index 7be54690aeec..e42cf597f6e6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 	"	.long	1b, 4f, 2b, 4f\n"			\
 	"	.popsection\n"					\
 	"	.pushsection .fixup,\"ax\"\n"			\
+	"	.align	2\n"					\
 	"4:	mov	%0, " err_reg "\n"			\
 	"	b	3b\n"					\
 	"	.popsection"
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 437f0c426517..0d1851ca6eb9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ ENDPROC(__und_usr)
  * The out of line fixup for the ldrt above.
  */
 	.pushsection .fixup, "ax"
+	.align	2
 4:	mov	pc, r9
 	.popsection
 	.pushsection __ex_table,"a"