diff --git a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cache.h b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cache.h
index 8542bc31f63c..93f6c634fdf4 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cache.h
+++ b/arch/blackfin/include/asm/cache.h
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #define L1_CACHE_BYTES	(1 << L1_CACHE_SHIFT)
 #define SMP_CACHE_BYTES	L1_CACHE_BYTES
 
+#define ARCH_KMALLOC_MINALIGN	L1_CACHE_BYTES
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 #define __cacheline_aligned
 #else