diff --git a/mach/i86/libem/tail.s b/mach/i86/libem/tail.s
index 702f47f3..cdadec8b 100644
--- a/mach/i86/libem/tail.s
+++ b/mach/i86/libem/tail.s
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
         ! $Header$
 	.text
-	.align 2
 endtext:
 _etext:
+	.align 2
 	.data
 	.align 2
 enddata: