diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index ce8514feedcd..cb4524fd0cb3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void tracing_off_permanent(void)
 #define RB_MAX_SMALL_DATA	(RB_ALIGNMENT * RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX)
 #define RB_EVNT_MIN_SIZE	8U	/* two 32bit words */
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS)
+#ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_64BIT_ALIGNED_ACCESS
 # define RB_FORCE_8BYTE_ALIGNMENT	0
 # define RB_ARCH_ALIGNMENT		RB_ALIGNMENT
 #else
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ void tracing_off_permanent(void)
 # define RB_ARCH_ALIGNMENT		8U
 #endif
 
+#define RB_ALIGN_DATA		__aligned(RB_ARCH_ALIGNMENT)
+
 /* define RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA for 'case RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA:' */
 #define RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA 0 ... RINGBUF_TYPE_DATA_TYPE_LEN_MAX
 
@@ -333,7 +335,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ring_buffer_event_data);
 struct buffer_data_page {
 	u64		 time_stamp;	/* page time stamp */
 	local_t		 commit;	/* write committed index */
-	unsigned char	 data[];	/* data of buffer page */
+	unsigned char	 data[] RB_ALIGN_DATA;	/* data of buffer page */
 };
 
 /*