diff --git a/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds b/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
index 09abbea84d0..620ef2c96db 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
+++ b/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot-spl.lds
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.bss)
 		*(.bss.*)
 		*(COMMON)
-		. = ALIGN(4);
+		. = ALIGN(8);
 		__bss_end = .;
 	}
 	_end = . ;
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@ SECTIONS
 ASSERT(_end - _start <= (CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT), \
         "SPL image plus BSS too big");
 #endif
+
+ASSERT(_image_binary_end % 8 == 0, \
+       "_image_binary_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot.lds b/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot.lds
index a2c8fb2e21c..70fa49c3171 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot.lds
+++ b/arch/microblaze/cpu/u-boot.lds
@@ -67,8 +67,10 @@ SECTIONS
 		*(.scommon)
 		*(.bss*)
 		*(COMMON)
-		. = ALIGN(4);
+		. = ALIGN(8);
 		__bss_end = .;
 	}
 	_end = . ;
 }
+
+ASSERT(_end % 8 == 0, "_end must be 8-byte aligned for device tree");