diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index 8fdf201ee87cc08f48a980f12514f332edc14223..d55156fc064df472fa51c6f2cb22381dd03c17bb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -1714,13 +1714,15 @@ int random_int_secret_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(__u32 [MD5_DIGEST_WORDS], get_random_int_hash)
+		__aligned(sizeof(unsigned long));
+
 /*
  * Get a random word for internal kernel use only. Similar to urandom but
  * with the goal of minimal entropy pool depletion. As a result, the random
  * value is not cryptographically secure but for several uses the cost of
  * depleting entropy is too high
  */
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(__u32 [MD5_DIGEST_WORDS], get_random_int_hash);
 unsigned int get_random_int(void)
 {
 	__u32 *hash;