diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_rpm.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_rpm.c
index 33daa32..cc73af0 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_rpm.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_rpm.c
@@ -156,11 +156,31 @@ static void glink_rpm_tx_write(struct qcom_glink_pipe *glink_pipe,
 			       const void *data, size_t dlen)
 {
 	struct glink_rpm_pipe *pipe = to_rpm_pipe(glink_pipe);
+	size_t tlen = hlen + dlen;
+	size_t aligned_dlen;
 	unsigned int head;
+	char padding[8] = {0};
+	size_t pad;
+
+	/* Header length comes from glink native and is always 4 byte aligned */
+	if (WARN(hlen % 4, "Glink Header length must be 4 bytes aligned\n"))
+		return;
+
+	/*
+	 * Move the unaligned tail of the message to the padding chunk, to
+	 * ensure word aligned accesses
+	 */
+	aligned_dlen = ALIGN_DOWN(dlen, 4);
+	if (aligned_dlen != dlen)
+		memcpy(padding, data + aligned_dlen, dlen - aligned_dlen);
 
 	head = readl(pipe->head);
 	head = glink_rpm_tx_write_one(pipe, head, hdr, hlen);
-	head = glink_rpm_tx_write_one(pipe, head, data, dlen);
+	head = glink_rpm_tx_write_one(pipe, head, data, aligned_dlen);
+
+	pad = ALIGN(tlen, 8) - ALIGN_DOWN(tlen, 4);
+	if (pad)
+		head = glink_rpm_tx_write_one(pipe, head, padding, pad);
 	writel(head, pipe->head);
 }