diff --git a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
index 91f5c951850f..44463afb8015 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/fsl/qbman/qman.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ struct qm_eqcr_entry {
 	u32 tag;
 	struct qm_fd fd;
 	u8 __reserved3[32];
-} __packed;
+} __packed __aligned(8);
 #define QM_EQCR_VERB_VBIT		0x80
 #define QM_EQCR_VERB_CMD_MASK		0x61	/* but only one value; */
 #define QM_EQCR_VERB_CMD_ENQUEUE	0x01