diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
index 5cba1815b8f8..6f28f6ca045b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1542,6 +1542,7 @@ ENDPROC(cleanup_critical)
 	.quad   .Lsie_skip - .Lsie_entry
 #endif
 	.section .rodata, "a"
+	.balign	8
 #define SYSCALL(esame,emu)	.quad __s390x_ ## esame
 	.globl	sys_call_table
 sys_call_table: