diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
index e97a7c294548..a02d26a395e3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa.c
@@ -6932,7 +6932,6 @@ reinit_after_soft_reset:
 	 * the 5 lower bits of the address are used by the hardware. and by
 	 * the driver.  See comments in hpsa.h for more info.
 	 */
-#define COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT 128
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct CommandList) % COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT);
 	h = kzalloc(sizeof(*h), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!h)
@@ -7405,7 +7404,6 @@ static int hpsa_alloc_ioaccel_cmd_and_bft(struct ctlr_info *h)
 	 * because the 7 lower bits of the address are used by the
 	 * hardware.
 	 */
-#define IOACCEL1_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT 128
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct io_accel1_cmd) %
 			IOACCEL1_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT);
 	h->ioaccel_cmd_pool =
@@ -7443,7 +7441,6 @@ static int ioaccel2_alloc_cmds_and_bft(struct ctlr_info *h)
 	if (h->ioaccel_maxsg > IOACCEL2_MAXSGENTRIES)
 		h->ioaccel_maxsg = IOACCEL2_MAXSGENTRIES;
 
-#define IOACCEL2_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT 128
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct io_accel2_cmd) %
 			IOACCEL2_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT);
 	h->ioaccel2_cmd_pool =
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h b/drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h
index b5cc7052339f..db89245e0776 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/scsi/hpsa_cmd.h
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ struct ctlr_info; /* defined in hpsa.h */
  *        or a bus address.
  */
 
+#define COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT 128
 struct CommandList {
 	struct CommandListHeader Header;
 	struct RequestBlock      Request;
@@ -389,21 +390,7 @@ struct CommandList {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct completion *waiting;
 	void   *scsi_cmd;
-
-/* on 64 bit architectures, to get this to be 32-byte-aligned
- * it so happens we need PAD_64 bytes of padding, on 32 bit systems,
- * we need PAD_32 bytes of padding (see below).   This does that.
- * If it happens that 64 bit and 32 bit systems need different
- * padding, PAD_32 and PAD_64 can be set independently, and.
- * the code below will do the right thing.
- */
-#define IS_32_BIT ((8 - sizeof(long))/4)
-#define IS_64_BIT (!IS_32_BIT)
-#define PAD_32 (40)
-#define PAD_64 (12)
-#define COMMANDLIST_PAD (IS_32_BIT * PAD_32 + IS_64_BIT * PAD_64)
-	u8 pad[COMMANDLIST_PAD];
-};
+} __aligned(COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT);
 
 /* Max S/G elements in I/O accelerator command */
 #define IOACCEL1_MAXSGENTRIES           24
@@ -413,6 +400,7 @@ struct CommandList {
  * Structure for I/O accelerator (mode 1) commands.
  * Note that this structure must be 128-byte aligned in size.
  */
+#define IOACCEL1_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT 128
 struct io_accel1_cmd {
 	u16 dev_handle;			/* 0x00 - 0x01 */
 	u8  reserved1;			/* 0x02 */
@@ -440,12 +428,7 @@ struct io_accel1_cmd {
 	struct vals32 host_addr;	/* 0x70 - 0x77 */
 	u8  CISS_LUN[8];		/* 0x78 - 0x7F */
 	struct SGDescriptor SG[IOACCEL1_MAXSGENTRIES];
-#define IOACCEL1_PAD_64 0
-#define IOACCEL1_PAD_32 0
-#define IOACCEL1_PAD (IS_32_BIT * IOACCEL1_PAD_32 + \
-			IS_64_BIT * IOACCEL1_PAD_64)
-	u8 pad[IOACCEL1_PAD];
-};
+} __aligned(IOACCEL1_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT);
 
 #define IOACCEL1_FUNCTION_SCSIIO        0x00
 #define IOACCEL1_SGLOFFSET              32
@@ -510,14 +493,11 @@ struct io_accel2_scsi_response {
 	u8 sense_data_buff[32];		/* sense/response data buffer */
 };
 
-#define IOACCEL2_64_PAD 76
-#define IOACCEL2_32_PAD 76
-#define IOACCEL2_PAD (IS_32_BIT * IOACCEL2_32_PAD + \
-			IS_64_BIT * IOACCEL2_64_PAD)
 /*
  * Structure for I/O accelerator (mode 2 or m2) commands.
  * Note that this structure must be 128-byte aligned in size.
  */
+#define IOACCEL2_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT 128
 struct io_accel2_cmd {
 	u8  IU_type;			/* IU Type */
 	u8  direction;			/* direction, memtype, and encryption */
@@ -544,8 +524,7 @@ struct io_accel2_cmd {
 	u32 tweak_upper;		/* Encryption tweak, upper 4 bytes */
 	struct ioaccel2_sg_element sg[IOACCEL2_MAXSGENTRIES];
 	struct io_accel2_scsi_response error_data;
-	u8 pad[IOACCEL2_PAD];
-};
+} __aligned(IOACCEL2_COMMANDLIST_ALIGNMENT);
 
 /*
  * defines for Mode 2 command struct