diff -Nur linux-5.4.69.orig/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr linux-5.4.69/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr
--- linux-5.4.69.orig/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr	2020-10-01 13:19:27.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-5.4.69/arch/sh/boot/compressed/vmlinux.scr	2020-10-31 07:13:51.213954737 +0100
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SECTIONS
 {
-  .rodata..compressed : {
+  .rodata..compressed : ALIGN(8) {
 	input_len = .;
 	LONG(input_data_end - input_data) input_data = .;
 	*(.data)