diff --git a/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/flashboot.ldscript b/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/flashboot.ldscript
index 0c820fa7bbb5..4d61438bd9b8 100644
--- a/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/flashboot.ldscript
+++ b/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/flashboot.ldscript
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ SECTIONS
 {
 	. = __boot2_base_vaddr__;
 	. += SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-	.text ALIGN(0x8): {
+	.text ALIGN(0x10): {
 		relocate.o(.text)
 		start.o(.text)
 		*(EXCLUDE_FILE (relocate.o start.o) .text)
 	}
-	.data ALIGN(0x8): { *(.data)}
-	.bss ALIGN(0x8): { *(.bss) }
+	.data ALIGN(0x10): { *(.data)}
+	.bss ALIGN(0x10): { *(.bss) }
 
 	__heap = ALIGN(0x8);	/* 64-bit aligned heap pointer */
 	__data_end = .;
diff --git a/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/jtagboot.ldscript b/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/jtagboot.ldscript
index 25fb61d0f536..064c6e15d038 100644
--- a/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/jtagboot.ldscript
+++ b/sys/boot/mips/beri/boot2/jtagboot.ldscript
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ SECTIONS
 {
 	. = __boot2_base_vaddr__;
 	. += SIZEOF_HEADERS;
-	.text ALIGN(0x8): {
+	.text ALIGN(0x10): {
 		start.o(.text)
 		*(EXCLUDE_FILE (start.o) .text)
 	}
-	.data ALIGN(0x8): { *(.data)}
-	.bss ALIGN(0x8): { *(.bss) }
+	.data ALIGN(0x10): { *(.data)}
+	.bss ALIGN(0x10): { *(.bss) }
 
 	__heap = ALIGN(0x8);	/* 64-bit aligned heap pointer */
 	__data_end = .;