diff --git a/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.c b/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.c
index 709d1558ee84..4debbae12c2b 100644
--- a/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.c
+++ b/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.c
@@ -560,8 +560,15 @@ aesni_cipher_setup(struct aesni_session *ses,
     const struct crypto_session_params *csp)
 {
 	struct fpu_kern_ctx *ctx;
+	uint8_t *schedbase;
 	int kt, ctxidx, error;
 
+	schedbase = (uint8_t *)roundup2((uintptr_t)ses->schedules,
+	    AES_SCHED_ALIGN);
+	ses->enc_schedule = schedbase;
+	ses->dec_schedule = schedbase + AES_SCHED_LEN;
+	ses->xts_schedule = schedbase + AES_SCHED_LEN * 2;
+
 	switch (csp->csp_auth_alg) {
 	case CRYPTO_SHA1_HMAC:
 		ses->hmac = true;
diff --git a/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.h b/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.h
index ef1a6635f6ad..284bf6fba0fc 100644
--- a/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.h
+++ b/sys/crypto/aesni/aesni.h
@@ -47,11 +47,13 @@
 #define	AES192_ROUNDS	12
 #define	AES256_ROUNDS	14
 #define	AES_SCHED_LEN	((AES256_ROUNDS + 1) * AES_BLOCK_LEN)
+#define	AES_SCHED_ALIGN	16
 
 struct aesni_session {
-	uint8_t enc_schedule[AES_SCHED_LEN] __aligned(16);
-	uint8_t dec_schedule[AES_SCHED_LEN] __aligned(16);
-	uint8_t xts_schedule[AES_SCHED_LEN] __aligned(16);
+	uint8_t schedules[3 * AES_SCHED_LEN + AES_SCHED_ALIGN];
+	uint8_t *enc_schedule;
+	uint8_t *dec_schedule;
+	uint8_t *xts_schedule;
 	int rounds;
 	/* uint8_t *ses_ictx; */
 	/* uint8_t *ses_octx; */