diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/page.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/page.h
index 9b12902b9818..de493f86d28f 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/page.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/page.h
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+/* MS be sure that SLAB allocates aligned objects */
+#define ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
+
 #define PAGE_UP(addr)	(((addr)+((PAGE_SIZE)-1))&(~((PAGE_SIZE)-1)))
 #define PAGE_DOWN(addr)	((addr)&(~((PAGE_SIZE)-1)))