Index: kernel/arch/mips32/_link.ld.in
===================================================================
--- kernel/arch/mips32/_link.ld.in	(revision e1f0fe978f687b5107eea2c7f9536cf412b2a3d7)
+++ kernel/arch/mips32/_link.ld.in	(revision 1ac3a52793b357f936bd41ef49db586aa1e5c1a3)
@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@
 		*(.bss);                        /* uninitialized static variables */
 		*(COMMON);                      /* global variables */
+		. = ALIGN(8);
 		symbol_table = .;
 		*(symtab.*);