diff --git a/boards/arm64/a64/pinephone/scripts/dramboot.ld b/boards/arm64/a64/pinephone/scripts/dramboot.ld
index 7d1db6d0fd..360721397a 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/a64/pinephone/scripts/dramboot.ld
+++ b/boards/arm64/a64/pinephone/scripts/dramboot.ld
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _edata = .; /* End+1 of .data */
 
   .bss : {                     /* BSS */
+       . = ALIGN(8);
        _sbss = .;
        *(.bss)
-       . = ALIGN(1 << 3);
+       . = ALIGN(8);
   } :text
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   _ebss = .;
diff --git a/boards/arm64/fvp-v8r/fvp-armv8r/scripts/dramboot.ld b/boards/arm64/fvp-v8r/fvp-armv8r/scripts/dramboot.ld
index 397000b4b4..813599a6e9 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/fvp-v8r/fvp-armv8r/scripts/dramboot.ld
+++ b/boards/arm64/fvp-v8r/fvp-armv8r/scripts/dramboot.ld
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _edata = .; /* End+1 of .data */
 
   .bss : {                     /* BSS */
+       . = ALIGN(8);
        _sbss = .;
        *(.bss)
-       . = ALIGN(1 << 3);
+       . = ALIGN(8);
   } :text
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   _ebss = .;
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/scripts/dramboot.ld b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/scripts/dramboot.ld
index 09c5db356a..7d7a558e11 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/scripts/dramboot.ld
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/scripts/dramboot.ld
@@ -87,9 +87,10 @@ SECTIONS
   _edata = .; /* End+1 of .data */
 
   .bss : {                     /* BSS */
+       . = ALIGN(8);
        _sbss = .;
        *(.bss)
-       . = ALIGN(1 << 3);
+       . = ALIGN(8);
   } :text
   . = ALIGN(4096);
   _ebss = .;