diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c b/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c
index e2316c46629d..ff0c0bee0e83 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/nzxt-smart2.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct drvdata {
 	 */
 	struct mutex mutex;
 	long update_interval;
-	u8 output_buffer[OUTPUT_REPORT_SIZE];
+	u8 output_buffer[OUTPUT_REPORT_SIZE] __aligned(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
 };
 
 static long scale_pwm_value(long val, long orig_max, long new_max)