diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index e7c01246c..da0b43bff 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Version 1.02.68 -
 ==================================
   Fix valgrind error reports in free of pool chunks with DEBUG_MEM.
-  Aling size of structure chunk for fast pool allocator to 8 bytes.
+  Align size of structure chunk for fast pool allocator to 8 bytes.
   Simplify some pointer operations in dm_free_aux() debug code.
   Remove unused dbg_malloc.h file from source tree.
   Cleanup backtraces for _create_and_load_v4().
diff --git a/libdm/mm/pool-fast.c b/libdm/mm/pool-fast.c
index e14d073ca..491c14207 100644
--- a/libdm/mm/pool-fast.c
+++ b/libdm/mm/pool-fast.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 struct chunk {
 	char *begin, *end;
 	struct chunk *prev;
-};
+} __attribute__((aligned(8)));
 
 struct dm_pool {
 	struct dm_list list;