diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
index 3d80a51256de..dab8febb5741 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/relocate.c
@@ -187,8 +187,14 @@ static int __init relocate_exception_table(long offset)
 static inline __init unsigned long rotate_xor(unsigned long hash,
 					      const void *area, size_t size)
 {
-	size_t i;
-	unsigned long *ptr = (unsigned long *)area;
+	const typeof(hash) *ptr = PTR_ALIGN(area, sizeof(hash));
+	size_t diff, i;
+
+	diff = (void *)ptr - area;
+	if (unlikely(size < diff + sizeof(hash)))
+		return hash;
+
+	size = ALIGN_DOWN(size - diff, sizeof(hash));
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size / sizeof(hash); i++) {
 		/* Rotate by odd number of bits and XOR. */