diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h b/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h
index 791bea2f8297..43b46bf6f8bb 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/hfi/hfi1_user.h
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ struct sdma_req_info {
 	 * in charge of managing its own ring.
 	 */
 	__u16 comp_idx;
-} __packed;
+} __attribute__((__packed__));
 
 /*
  * SW KDETH header.
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ struct hfi1_kdeth_header {
 	__le16 jkey;
 	__le16 hcrc;
 	__le32 swdata[7];
-} __packed;
+}  __attribute__((__packed__));
 
 /*
  * Structure describing the headers that User space uses. The
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ struct hfi1_pkt_header {
 	__be16 lrh[4];
 	__be32 bth[3];
 	struct hfi1_kdeth_header kdeth;
-} __packed;
+}  __attribute__((__packed__));
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/uapi/rdma/ocrdma-abi.h b/include/uapi/rdma/ocrdma-abi.h
index ad64a3cea1cd..e0475d59cdf0 100644
--- a/include/uapi/rdma/ocrdma-abi.h
+++ b/include/uapi/rdma/ocrdma-abi.h
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ struct ocrdma_create_qp_uresp {
 	__u32 db_rq_offset;
 	__u32 db_shift;
 	__u64 rsvd[11];
-} __packed;
+};
 
 struct ocrdma_create_srq_uresp {
 	__u16 rq_dbid;