diff --git a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 10549dcfb610..febbeee7f2f5 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mn10300/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	.exit.text : { EXIT_TEXT; }
 	.exit.data : { EXIT_DATA; }
 
-  PERCPU(32)
+  PERCPU(PAGE_SIZE)
   . = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
   __init_end = .;
   /* freed after init ends here */
diff --git a/kernel/workqueue.c b/kernel/workqueue.c
index 30acdb74cc23..e5ff2cbaadc2 100644
--- a/kernel/workqueue.c
+++ b/kernel/workqueue.c
@@ -2791,7 +2791,9 @@ static int alloc_cwqs(struct workqueue_struct *wq)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* just in case, make sure it's actually aligned */
+	/* just in case, make sure it's actually aligned
+	 * - this is affected by PERCPU() alignment in vmlinux.lds.S
+	 */
 	BUG_ON(!IS_ALIGNED(wq->cpu_wq.v, align));
 	return wq->cpu_wq.v ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
 }