diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
index 4515728..82f5fcf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -291,6 +291,7 @@
 		bl	decompress_kernel
 		b	call_kernel
 
+		.align	2
 		.type	LC0, #object
 LC0:		.word	LC0			@ r1
 		.word	__bss_start		@ r2
@@ -589,6 +590,7 @@
  * methods.  Writeback caches _must_ have the flush method
  * defined.
  */
+		.align	2
 		.type	proc_types,#object
 proc_types:
 		.word	0x41560600		@ ARM6/610
@@ -945,6 +947,7 @@
  * memory, which again must be relocatable.
  */
 #ifdef DEBUG
+		.align	2
 		.type	phexbuf,#object
 phexbuf:	.space	12
 		.size	phexbuf, . - phexbuf
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index fc8af43..0befd1c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -1065,6 +1065,10 @@
 	ldr	lr, [pc, lr, lsl #2]
 	movs	pc, lr			@ branch to handler in SVC mode
 ENDPROC(vector_\name)
+
+	.align	2
+	@ handler addresses follow this label
+1:
 	.endm
 
 	.globl	__stubs_start
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
index 991952c..dbfaef0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head-common.S
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #define ATAG_CORE 0x54410001
 #define ATAG_CORE_SIZE ((2*4 + 3*4) >> 2)
 
+	.align	2
 	.type	__switch_data, %object
 __switch_data:
 	.long	__mmap_switched
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@
  * Look in <asm/procinfo.h> and arch/arm/kernel/arch.[ch] for
  * more information about the __proc_info and __arch_info structures.
  */
+	.align	2
 	.long	__proc_info_begin
 	.long	__proc_info_end
 3:	.long	.
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/sha1.S b/arch/arm/lib/sha1.S
index a16fb20..09b548c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/sha1.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/sha1.S
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@
 
 ENDPROC(sha_transform)
 
+	.align	2
 .L_sha_K:
 	.word	0x5a827999, 0x6ed9eba1, 0x8f1bbcdc, 0xca62c1d6
 
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
  * void sha_init(__u32 *buf)
  */
 
+	.align	2
 .L_sha_initial_digest:
 	.word	0x67452301, 0xefcdab89, 0x98badcfe, 0x10325476, 0xc3d2e1f0
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/entry.S b/arch/arm/vfp/entry.S
index a2bed62..4fa9903 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/entry.S
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/entry.S
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 	mov	pc, lr
 ENDPROC(vfp_null_entry)
 
+	.align	2
 .LCvfp:
 	.word	vfp_vector
 
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@
 	mov	pc, r9			@ we have handled the fault
 ENDPROC(vfp_testing_entry)
 
+	.align	2
 VFP_arch_address:
 	.word	VFP_arch