diff --git a/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S b/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S
index 52435b194c4f..ad01d5d67165 100644
--- a/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S
+++ b/sys/kern/subr_ticks.S
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 /*-
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2025 Mark Johnston <markj@FreeBSD.org>
  */
 
 /*
  * Define the "ticks" and "ticksl" variables.  The former is overlaid onto the
  * low bits of the latter.
  */
 
 #if defined(__aarch64__)
 #include <sys/elf_common.h>
 #include <machine/asm.h>
 
 GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_NOTE(GNU_PROPERTY_AARCH64_FEATURE_1_VAL)
 #endif
 
 #if __BYTE_ORDER__ == __ORDER_LITTLE_ENDIAN__
 #define	TICKS_OFFSET	0
 #else
 #define	TICKS_OFFSET	(__SIZEOF_LONG__ - __SIZEOF_INT__)
 #endif
 
 	.bss
 
 	.global ticksl
 	.type ticksl, %object
-	.align __SIZEOF_LONG__
+	.balign __SIZEOF_LONG__
 ticksl:	.zero __SIZEOF_LONG__
 	.size ticksl, __SIZEOF_LONG__
 
 	.global ticks
 	.type ticks, %object
 ticks	=ticksl + TICKS_OFFSET
 	.size ticks, __SIZEOF_INT__