diff --git a/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds b/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds
index 4a933c87e9..8c497792ee 100644
--- a/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds
+++ b/board/samsung/common/exynos-uboot-spl.lds
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	} >.sram
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 
-	/* Align .machine_param on 256 byte boundary for easier searching */
-	.machine_param ALIGN(0x100) : { *(.machine_param) } >.sram
+	.machine_param : { *(.machine_param) } >.sram
 	. = ALIGN(4);
 
 	__image_copy_end = .;