diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index ffd8e84b22cc..5f73de586928 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -320,6 +320,18 @@ static int __init init_jffs2_fs(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Paranoia checks for on-medium structures. If we ask GCC
+	   to pack them with __attribute__((packed)) then it _also_
+	   assumes that they're not aligned -- so it emits crappy
+	   code on some architectures. Ideally we want an attribute
+	   which means just 'no padding', without the alignment
+	   thing. But GCC doesn't have that -- we have to just
+	   hope the structs are the right sizes, instead. */
+	BUG_ON(sizeof(struct jffs2_unknown_node) != 12);
+	BUG_ON(sizeof(struct jffs2_raw_dirent) != 40);
+	BUG_ON(sizeof(struct jffs2_raw_inode) != 68);
+	BUG_ON(sizeof(struct jffs2_raw_summary) != 32);
+
 	printk(KERN_INFO "JFFS2 version 2.2."
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_WRITEBUFFER
 	       " (NAND)"
@@ -327,7 +339,7 @@ static int __init init_jffs2_fs(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_SUMMARY
 	       " (SUMMARY) "
 #endif
-	       " (C) 2001-2003 Red Hat, Inc.\n");
+	       " (C) 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.\n");
 
 	jffs2_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("jffs2_i",
 					     sizeof(struct jffs2_inode_info),
diff --git a/include/linux/jffs2.h b/include/linux/jffs2.h
index cf792bb3c726..228ad72f7dd8 100644
--- a/include/linux/jffs2.h
+++ b/include/linux/jffs2.h
@@ -82,15 +82,15 @@
 
 typedef struct {
 	uint32_t v32;
-} __attribute__((packed))  jint32_t;
+} jint32_t;
 
 typedef struct {
 	uint32_t m;
-} __attribute__((packed))  jmode_t;
+} jmode_t;
 
 typedef struct {
 	uint16_t v16;
-} __attribute__((packed)) jint16_t;
+} jint16_t;
 
 struct jffs2_unknown_node
 {
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ struct jffs2_unknown_node
 	jint16_t nodetype;
 	jint32_t totlen; /* So we can skip over nodes we don't grok */
 	jint32_t hdr_crc;
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 struct jffs2_raw_dirent
 {
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ struct jffs2_raw_dirent
 	jint32_t node_crc;
 	jint32_t name_crc;
 	uint8_t name[0];
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 /* The JFFS2 raw inode structure: Used for storage on physical media.  */
 /* The uid, gid, atime, mtime and ctime members could be longer, but
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ struct jffs2_raw_inode
 	jint32_t data_crc;   /* CRC for the (compressed) data.  */
 	jint32_t node_crc;   /* CRC for the raw inode (excluding data)  */
 	uint8_t data[0];
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 struct jffs2_raw_summary
 {
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ struct jffs2_raw_summary
 	jint32_t sum_crc;	/* summary information crc */
 	jint32_t node_crc; 	/* node crc */
 	jint32_t sum[0]; 	/* inode summary info */
-} __attribute__((packed));
+};
 
 union jffs2_node_union
 {