diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
index fff28c6f73a2..b0dfac3d3df7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ unsigned long __clear_user(void __user *addr, unsigned long size)
 	asm volatile(
 		"	testq  %[size8],%[size8]\n"
 		"	jz     4f\n"
+		"	.align 16\n"
 		"0:	movq $0,(%[dst])\n"
 		"	addq   $8,%[dst]\n"
 		"	decl %%ecx ; jnz   0b\n"