diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
index d530eb4dc413..74ef903f94e7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
@@ -685,6 +685,7 @@ ENDPROC(stack_overflow)
 .Lthis_cpu:	.short	0
 .Lstosm_tmp:	.byte	0
 	.section .rodata, "a"
+	.balign	8
 #define SYSCALL(esame,emu)	.quad __s390x_ ## esame
 	.globl	sys_call_table
 sys_call_table: