diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S b/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S
--- a/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 	.global ticksl
 	.type ticksl, %object
-	.align __SIZEOF_LONG__
+	.balign __SIZEOF_LONG__
 ticksl:	.zero __SIZEOF_LONG__
 	.size ticksl, __SIZEOF_LONG__