diff --git a/include/linux/thread_info.h b/include/linux/thread_info.h
index 250a276143284..905d769d8ddcf 100644
--- a/include/linux/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/linux/thread_info.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ enum {
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 
+#ifndef THREAD_ALIGN
+#define THREAD_ALIGN	THREAD_SIZE
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_STACK_USAGE
 # define THREADINFO_GFP		(GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT | __GFP_NOTRACK | \
 				 __GFP_ZERO)
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 17921b0390b4f..f12882a2323b2 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 #include <linux/kcov.h>
 #include <linux/livepatch.h>
+#include <linux/thread_info.h>
 
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ static unsigned long *alloc_thread_stack_node(struct task_struct *tsk, int node)
 		return s->addr;
 	}
 
-	stack = __vmalloc_node_range(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE,
+	stack = __vmalloc_node_range(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_ALIGN,
 				     VMALLOC_START, VMALLOC_END,
 				     THREADINFO_GFP,
 				     PAGE_KERNEL,