diff --git a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 5450a11c9d10..7d7e594bda36 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ targets += misc.o piggy.o sizes.h head.o real2.o firmware.o
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ -O2 -DBOOTLOADER
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-PIE -mno-space-regs -mdisable-fpregs
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-PIE -mno-space-regs -mdisable-fpregs -Os
 ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -mfast-indirect-calls
 endif
diff --git a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 13a4bf9ac4da..9345b44b86f0 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 /* Symbols defined by linker scripts */
 extern char input_data[];
 extern int input_len;
-extern __le32 output_len;	/* at unaligned address, little-endian */
+/* output_len is inserted by the linker possibly at an unaligned address */
+extern __le32 output_len __aligned(1);
 extern char _text, _end;
 extern char _bss, _ebss;
 extern char _startcode_end;