diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 73d0531639..6cba107b3f 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -21549,7 +21549,7 @@ md_section_align (segT	 segment ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 #endif
 
-  return size;
+  return (size + 3) & ~ 3;
 }
 
 /* This is called from HANDLE_ALIGN in write.c.	 Fill in the contents