diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cache.h
index e03cfa2e997e..6e2fe28dde4e 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_DISPARITY	L1_CACHE_NENTRIES * L1_CACHE_BYTES
 #endif
 
+#define ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
+
 /* data cache purge registers
  * - read from the register to unconditionally purge that cache line
  * - write address & 0xffffff00 to conditionally purge that cache line