diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
index b274bde24905a7..e7335a92144ef1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/bug.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ do {								\
 		"2:\t.asciz " #__file "\n" 			\
 		".popsection\n" 				\
 		".pushsection __bug_table,\"a\"\n"		\
+		".align 2\n"					\
 		"3:\t.word 1b, 2b\n"				\
 		"\t.hword " #__line ", 0\n"			\
 		".popsection");					\