diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
index f217cee86533..a32b18ce6ead 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ static __always_inline bool arch_static_branch(struct jump_label_key *key)
 	asm goto("1:"
 		JUMP_LABEL_INITIAL_NOP
 		".pushsection __jump_table,  \"aw\" \n\t"
+		_ASM_ALIGN "\n\t"
 		_ASM_PTR "1b, %l[l_yes], %c0 \n\t"
 		".popsection \n\t"
 		: :  "i" (key) : : l_yes);