diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 66fb84c3dc7ee..3ceb4b7279ec2 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@
 #define SBSS_MAIN .sbss
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * GCC 4.5 and later have a 32 bytes section alignment for structures.
+ * Except GCC 4.9, that feels the need to align on 64 bytes.
+ */
+#if __GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ == 9
+#define STRUCT_ALIGNMENT 64
+#else
+#define STRUCT_ALIGNMENT 32
+#endif
+#define STRUCT_ALIGN() . = ALIGN(STRUCT_ALIGNMENT)
+
 /*
  * The order of the sched class addresses are important, as they are
  * used to determine the order of the priority of each sched class in
@@ -123,13 +134,6 @@
 	*(__stop_sched_class)			\
 	__end_sched_classes = .;
 
-/*
- * Align to a 32 byte boundary equal to the
- * alignment gcc 4.5 uses for a struct
- */
-#define STRUCT_ALIGNMENT 32
-#define STRUCT_ALIGN() . = ALIGN(STRUCT_ALIGNMENT)
-
 /* The actual configuration determine if the init/exit sections
  * are handled as text/data or they can be discarded (which
  * often happens at runtime)
diff --git a/kernel/sched/sched.h b/kernel/sched/sched.h
index 5aa6661ecaf15..9bef2dd01247d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/sched.h
+++ b/kernel/sched/sched.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <linux/tsacct_kern.h>
 
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
+#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 # include <asm/paravirt.h>
@@ -1810,7 +1811,7 @@ struct sched_class {
 #ifdef CONFIG_FAIR_GROUP_SCHED
 	void (*task_change_group)(struct task_struct *p, int type);
 #endif
-} __aligned(32); /* STRUCT_ALIGN(), vmlinux.lds.h */
+} __aligned(STRUCT_ALIGNMENT); /* STRUCT_ALIGN(), vmlinux.lds.h */
 
 static inline void put_prev_task(struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *prev)
 {