diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 2c02c7b49265..3da90686350d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -1375,7 +1375,7 @@ void *elf_add_data(struct elf *elf, struct section *sec, const void *data, size_
 		memcpy(sec->data->d_buf, data, size);
 
 	sec->data->d_size = size;
-	sec->data->d_align = 1;
+	sec->data->d_align = sec->sh.sh_addralign;
 
 	offset = ALIGN(sec->sh.sh_size, sec->sh.sh_addralign);
 	sec->sh.sh_size = offset + size;