diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
index 9c253bd..5471285 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/xsave.c
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@
 	 * Setup init_xstate_buf to represent the init state of
 	 * all the features managed by the xsave
 	 */
-	init_xstate_buf = alloc_bootmem(xstate_size);
+	init_xstate_buf = alloc_bootmem_align(xstate_size,
+					      __alignof__(struct xsave_struct));
 	init_xstate_buf->i387.mxcsr = MXCSR_DEFAULT;
 
 	clts();