diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex.c
index 4ea30ec8a53f..34e9872c9323 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex.c
@@ -2721,6 +2721,10 @@ int handle_futex_death(u32 __user *uaddr, struct task_struct *curr, int pi)
 {
 	u32 uval, uninitialized_var(nval), mval;
 
+	/* Futex address must be 32bit aligned */
+	if ((((unsigned long)uaddr) % sizeof(*uaddr)) != 0)
+		return -1;
+
 retry:
 	if (get_user(uval, uaddr))
 		return -1;