diff --git a/drivers/s390/cio/cio.h b/drivers/s390/cio/cio.h
index 9811fd8a0c73..92eabbb5f18d 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/cio/cio.h
+++ b/drivers/s390/cio/cio.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct subchannel {
 	struct schib_config config;
 } __attribute__ ((aligned(8)));
 
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irb, cio_irb);
+DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct irb, cio_irb);
 
 #define to_subchannel(n) container_of(n, struct subchannel, dev)