diff --git a/include/asm-x86/processor.h b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
index 559105220a47..4ab2ede6f4b9 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/processor.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/processor.h
@@ -262,16 +262,12 @@ struct tss_struct {
 	unsigned long		io_bitmap_max;
 	struct thread_struct	*io_bitmap_owner;
 
-	/*
-	 * Pad the TSS to be cacheline-aligned (size is 0x100):
-	 */
-	unsigned long		__cacheline_filler[35];
 	/*
 	 * .. and then another 0x100 bytes for the emergency kernel stack:
 	 */
 	unsigned long		stack[64];
 
-} __attribute__((packed));
+} ____cacheline_aligned;
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct tss_struct, init_tss);