diff --git a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
index 60ab4b89a2f9..ef24837019d3 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/cmdlinepart.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: cmdlinepart.c,v 1.17 2004/11/26 11:18:47 lavinen Exp $
+ * $Id: cmdlinepart.c,v 1.18 2005/06/07 15:04:26 joern Exp $
  *
  * Read flash partition table from command line
  *
@@ -239,7 +239,8 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s)
 				&num_parts,	/* out: number of parts */
 				0,		/* first partition */
 				(unsigned char**)&this_mtd, /* out: extra mem */
-				mtd_id_len + 1 + sizeof(*this_mtd));
+				mtd_id_len + 1 + sizeof(*this_mtd) + 
+				sizeof(void*)-1 /*alignment*/);
 		if(!parts)
 		{
 			/*
@@ -252,6 +253,9 @@ static int mtdpart_setup_real(char *s)
 			 return 0;
 		 }
 
+		/* align this_mtd */
+		this_mtd = (struct cmdline_mtd_partition *) 
+			ALIGN((unsigned long)this_mtd, sizeof(void*));
 		/* enter results */	    
 		this_mtd->parts = parts;
 		this_mtd->num_parts = num_parts;