diff --git a/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld b/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
index 92b9a985c6..0ac3abd72b 100644
--- a/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
+++ b/boards/x86_64/intel64/qemu-intel64/scripts/qemu.ld
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ SECTIONS
         *(.bss .bss.*)
         *(.gnu.linkonce.b.*)
         *(COMMON)
-        . = ALIGN(4);
+        . = ALIGN(16);
         _ebss = ABSOLUTE(.);
     }