diff --git a/tests/checkasm/arm/checkasm.S b/tests/checkasm/arm/checkasm.S
index 3e3806b2a7..1069adcfa9 100644
--- a/tests/checkasm/arm/checkasm.S
+++ b/tests/checkasm/arm/checkasm.S
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "libavutil/arm/asm.S"
 
-const register_init
+const register_init, align=3
     .quad 0x21f86d66c8ca00ce
     .quad 0x75b6ba21077c48ad
     .quad 0xed56bb2dcb3c7736