diff --git a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
index 808019c3b7ac..9bd3e513c89b 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/microblaze/kernel/head.S
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 
 .section .data
+/* The MMU requires a page aligned page directory. */
+.align 12
 .global swapper_pg_dir
 swapper_pg_dir:
 	.space	PAGE_SIZE