diff --git a/crypto/shash.c b/crypto/shash.c
index e543283..171c8f05 100644
--- a/crypto/shash.c
+++ b/crypto/shash.c
@@ -76,8 +76,9 @@
 	unsigned long alignmask = crypto_shash_alignmask(tfm);
 	unsigned int unaligned_len = alignmask + 1 -
 				     ((unsigned long)data & alignmask);
-	u8 buf[shash_align_buffer_size(unaligned_len, alignmask)]
+	u8 ubuf[shash_align_buffer_size(unaligned_len, alignmask)]
 		__attribute__ ((aligned));
+	u8 *buf = PTR_ALIGN(&ubuf[0], alignmask + 1);
 	int err;
 
 	if (unaligned_len > len)
@@ -111,8 +112,9 @@
 	unsigned long alignmask = crypto_shash_alignmask(tfm);
 	struct shash_alg *shash = crypto_shash_alg(tfm);
 	unsigned int ds = crypto_shash_digestsize(tfm);
-	u8 buf[shash_align_buffer_size(ds, alignmask)]
+	u8 ubuf[shash_align_buffer_size(ds, alignmask)]
 		__attribute__ ((aligned));
+	u8 *buf = PTR_ALIGN(&ubuf[0], alignmask + 1);
 	int err;
 
 	err = shash->final(desc, buf);