diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 96d3e7950932..adb35fb9281c 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ enum mei_cb_major_types {
 struct mei_message_data {
 	u32 size;
 	unsigned char *data;
-} __packed;
+};
 
 
 struct mei_cl_cb {