diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 410cfeb16db5..7d53c5bdea3e 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -3534,7 +3534,7 @@ __find_next_entry(struct trace_iterator *iter, int *ent_cpu,
 }
 
 #define STATIC_TEMP_BUF_SIZE	128
-static char static_temp_buf[STATIC_TEMP_BUF_SIZE];
+static char static_temp_buf[STATIC_TEMP_BUF_SIZE] __aligned(4);
 
 /* Find the next real entry, without updating the iterator itself */
 struct trace_entry *trace_find_next_entry(struct trace_iterator *iter,