diff --git a/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds b/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds
index 44fd209db88a..c39dc95fbad8 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds
+++ b/arch/h8300/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SECTIONS
         .data :
 
         {
+        . = ALIGN(0x4) ;
         __sdata = . ;
         ___data_start = . ;
                 *(.data.*)