diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
index 49a11f6dd7ae..26c08ee87740 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/entry.S
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(daton_psw)
 SYM_DATA_END(daton_psw)
 
 	.section .rodata, "a"
+	.balign	8
 #define SYSCALL(esame,emu)	.quad __s390x_ ## esame
 SYM_DATA_START(sys_call_table)
 #include "asm/syscall_table.h"