diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
index 922d01cb70..41eb82dae2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1136/start.S
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ stack_setup:
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
 #endif	/* CONFIG_PRELOADER */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment	    */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
index a540edbfbf..f98a7aa355 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm1176/start.S
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN	/* malloc area                      */
 	sub	r0, r0, #CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_SIZE /* bdinfo                        */
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
index 022b873e35..d6f2c165c7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm720t/start.S
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment	    */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
index 779f192e51..e532f55bfc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm920t/start.S
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
index 567e80479e..346615e4b4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm925t/start.S
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
index 3b81151f49..cf40ce1292 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/start.S
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ stack_setup:
 #endif
 #endif /* CONFIG_PRELOADER */
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
-	bic	sp, r0, #7		/* 8-byte align stack for ABI compliance */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
index 627e3cb94d..8844d4438b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm946es/start.S
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_cortexa8/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_cortexa8/start.S
index 29dae2f282..1e0a1504bf 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_cortexa8/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_cortexa8/start.S
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ + CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		@ leave 3 words for abort-stack
-	and	sp, sp, #~7		@ 8 byte alinged for (ldr/str)d
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		@ 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance
 
 	/* Clear BSS (if any). Is below tx (watch load addr - need space) */
 clear_bss:
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
index bb1f003592..328bae0274 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm_intcm/start.S
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
index 5ebce5338c..6efe333f1a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/ixp/start.S
@@ -289,6 +289,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S
index a1321b1d74..14a1fbe121 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/lh7a40x/start.S
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
index 3989fa61bc..e07c8c2e0e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/pxa/start.S
@@ -140,10 +140,8 @@ stack_setup:
 #ifdef CONFIG_USE_IRQ
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif /* CONFIG_USE_IRQ */
-	sub	r0, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
-	bic	sp, r0, #7		/* NOTE: stack MUST be aligned to   */
-					/* 8 bytes in case we want to use   */
-					/* 64bit datatypes (eg. VSPRINTF64) */
+	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment	    */
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
index f5a3d3ac38..0063063f45 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/s3c44b0/start.S
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 	ldr	pc, _start_armboot
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
index 278c5008fb..deb4745e21 100644
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/sa1100/start.S
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ stack_setup:
 	sub	r0, r0, #(CONFIG_STACKSIZE_IRQ+CONFIG_STACKSIZE_FIQ)
 #endif
 	sub	sp, r0, #12		/* leave 3 words for abort-stack    */
+	bic	sp, sp, #7		/* 8-byte alignment for ABI compliance */
 
 clear_bss:
 	ldr	r0, _bss_start		/* find start of bss segment        */