diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 889f660..2511664f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -3319,7 +3319,7 @@
 static int __init svm_init(void)
 {
 	return kvm_init(&svm_x86_ops, sizeof(struct vcpu_svm),
-			      THIS_MODULE);
+			__alignof__(struct vcpu_svm), THIS_MODULE);
 }
 
 static void __exit svm_exit(void)