diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
index 435ef77227abfac911d50acb7976e7f6d4f02469..c9f8c056aa517da3a29d7b36b57d2f88af8210af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwl8k.c
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ struct mwl8k_dma_data {
 	__le16 fwlen;
 	struct ieee80211_hdr wh;
 	char data[];
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(2);
 
 /* Routines to add/remove DMA header from skb.  */
 static inline void mwl8k_remove_dma_header(struct sk_buff *skb, __le16 qos)