diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/jump_label.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/jump_label.h
index 62e66d7b2fb62..d95cf44fb40d9 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/jump_label.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/jump_label.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 			 "nop\n\t"				\
 			 "nop\n\t"				\
 			 ".pushsection __jump_table,  \"a\"\n\t"\
+			 ".align 4\n\t"				\
 			 ".word 1b, %l[" #label "], %c0\n\t"	\
 			 ".popsection \n\t"			\
 			 : :  "i" (key) :  : label);\