diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bde5febbaff9..4e7f043bc59d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 139b830477ccdca21b68c40f9a83ec327e65eb56
+refs/heads/master: d00195ebc18049f067c8e389c186aa6f5d2b659f
diff --git a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d6083a0936f4..8f3d0066f446 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/ia64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 #endif
 
+  . = ALIGN(8);
    __con_initcall_start = .;
   .con_initcall.init : AT(ADDR(.con_initcall.init) - LOAD_OFFSET)
 	{ *(.con_initcall.init) }