diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index a047a6cfca4d..8ef8a14abc95 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.data.page_aligned)
 	}
 
+	. = ALIGN(L1_CACHE_BYTES);
 	.data.cacheline_aligned : AT(ADDR(.data.cacheline_aligned) - LOAD_OFFSET) {
 		*(.data.cacheline_aligned)
 	}