diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 97f71153584..bf895401218 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -3376,7 +3376,7 @@ int __init ip_rt_init(void)
 	int rc = 0;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE
-	ip_rt_acct = __alloc_percpu(256 * sizeof(struct ip_rt_acct));
+	ip_rt_acct = __alloc_percpu(256 * sizeof(struct ip_rt_acct), __alignof__(struct ip_rt_acct));
 	if (!ip_rt_acct)
 		panic("IP: failed to allocate ip_rt_acct\n");
 #endif