diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index d5de675..f0a0e6d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
 	 * Force .bss to 64K alignment so that .bss..swapper_pg_dir
 	 * gets that alignment.	 .sbss should be empty, so there will be
 	 * no holes after __init_end. */
-	BSS_SECTION(0, 0x10000, 0)
+	BSS_SECTION(0, 0x10000, 8)
 
 	_end = . ;