diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
index 88ecbcf097a3..127a8d295ae3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
@@ -1298,6 +1298,7 @@ ENDPROC(stack_overflow)
 
 #endif
 	.section .rodata, "a"
+	.balign	8
 #define SYSCALL(esame,emu)	.quad __s390x_ ## esame
 	.globl	sys_call_table
 sys_call_table: