diff --git a/minix/servers/vm/main.c b/minix/servers/vm/main.c
index 884fb43e1..9f939da8c 100644
--- a/minix/servers/vm/main.c
+++ b/minix/servers/vm/main.c
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ static void exec_bootproc(struct vmproc *vmp, struct boot_image *ip)
 	char *argv[] = { ip->proc_name, NULL };
 	char *envp[] = { NULL };
 	char *path = ip->proc_name;
-	char frame[VM_PAGE_SIZE];
+	char frame[VM_PAGE_SIZE] __aligned(sizeof(void *));
 
 	memset(&vmexeci, 0, sizeof(vmexeci));