diff --git a/cmd/bcb.c b/cmd/bcb.c
index 6b6f1e9a2f..92f4d27990 100644
--- a/cmd/bcb.c
+++ b/cmd/bcb.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <log.h>
 #include <part.h>
 #include <malloc.h>
+#include <memalign.h>
 
 enum bcb_cmd {
 	BCB_CMD_LOAD,
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ enum bcb_cmd {
 
 static int bcb_dev = -1;
 static int bcb_part = -1;
-static struct bootloader_message bcb = { { 0 } };
+static struct bootloader_message bcb __aligned(ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN) = { { 0 } };
 
 static int bcb_cmd_get(char *cmd)
 {