diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
index 7ec7808582996..90ef355e958bf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -917,6 +917,8 @@ END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_HPTE_TABLE)
 	ori	r4,r4,2f@l
 	tophys(r4,r4)
 	li	r3,MSR_KERNEL & ~(MSR_IR|MSR_DR)
+
+	.align	4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r3
 	SYNC
@@ -1058,6 +1060,8 @@ _ENTRY(update_bats)
 	rlwinm	r0, r6, 0, ~MSR_RI
 	rlwinm	r0, r0, 0, ~MSR_EE
 	mtmsr	r0
+
+	.align	4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0, r4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1, r3
 	SYNC
@@ -1097,6 +1101,8 @@ mmu_off:
 	andi.	r0,r3,MSR_DR|MSR_IR		/* MMU enabled? */
 	beqlr
 	andc	r3,r3,r0
+
+	.align	4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR0,r4
 	mtspr	SPRN_SRR1,r3
 	sync