diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c
index d377f2603d98..3961487a4870 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/riscv/processor.c
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ void vcpu_dump(FILE *stream, struct kvm_vm *vm, uint32_t vcpuid, uint8_t indent)
 		core.regs.t3, core.regs.t4, core.regs.t5, core.regs.t6);
 }
 
-static void guest_hang(void)
+static void __aligned(16) guest_hang(void)
 {
 	while (1)
 		;