diff --git a/grub-core/kern/i386/realmode.S b/grub-core/kern/i386/realmode.S
index 998fdc756..265cdcb9d 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/i386/realmode.S
+++ b/grub-core/kern/i386/realmode.S
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ protstack:
  *  description.
  */
 
-	.p2align	5	/* force 4-byte alignment */
+	.p2align	5	/* force 32-byte alignment */
 gdt:
 	.word	0, 0
 	.byte	0, 0, 0, 0