diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
index ea2bad306f93..71e16f2241c2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/leon_smp.c
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ static struct smp_funcall {
 	unsigned long arg5;
 	unsigned long processors_in[NR_CPUS];	/* Set when ipi entered. */
 	unsigned long processors_out[NR_CPUS];	/* Set when ipi exited. */
-} ccall_info;
+} ccall_info __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(cross_call_lock);