diff --git a/lib/i386/relocator_asm.S b/lib/i386/relocator_asm.S
index f8fc0c08a..a3530182a 100644
--- a/lib/i386/relocator_asm.S
+++ b/lib/i386/relocator_asm.S
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <grub/symbol.h>
 #include <grub/i386/memory.h>
 
+	.p2align	2
+
 VARIABLE(grub_relocator_backward_start)
 	/* mov imm32, %eax */
 	.byte	0xb8
diff --git a/lib/x86_64/relocator_asm.S b/lib/x86_64/relocator_asm.S
index 6db44f2f7..8d99f5224 100644
--- a/lib/x86_64/relocator_asm.S
+++ b/lib/x86_64/relocator_asm.S
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #include <grub/symbol.h>
 #include <grub/i386/memory.h>
 
+	.p2align	2
+
 VARIABLE(grub_relocator_backward_start)
 	/* mov imm32, %rax */
 	.byte	0x48