diff --git a/boot/bootmeth_extlinux.c b/boot/bootmeth_extlinux.c
index be8fbf4..c6ae6df 100644
--- a/boot/bootmeth_extlinux.c
+++ b/boot/bootmeth_extlinux.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #define LOG_CATEGORY UCLASS_BOOTSTD
 
+#include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <bootdev.h>
 #include <bootflow.h>
 #include <bootmeth.h>
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@
 		return log_msg_ret("try", ret);
 	size = bflow->size;
 
-	ret = bootmeth_alloc_file(bflow, 0x10000, 1);
+	ret = bootmeth_alloc_file(bflow, 0x10000, ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN);
 	if (ret)
 		return log_msg_ret("read", ret);
 
diff --git a/fs/fs.c b/fs/fs.c
index 1afa0fb..21a23ef 100644
--- a/fs/fs.c
+++ b/fs/fs.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <ubifs_uboot.h>
 #include <btrfs.h>
+#include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/global_data.h>
 #include <asm/io.h>
 #include <div64.h>
@@ -1001,6 +1002,9 @@
 	char *buf;
 	int ret;
 
+	if (!align)
+		align = ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN;
+
 	buf = memalign(align, size + 1);
 	if (!buf)
 		return log_msg_ret("buf", -ENOMEM);
diff --git a/include/fs.h b/include/fs.h
index 6372756..2474880 100644
--- a/include/fs.h
+++ b/include/fs.h
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
  *
  * @fname: Filename to read
  * @size: Size of file to read (must be correct!)
- * @align: Alignment to use for memory allocation (0 for default)
+ * @align: Alignment to use for memory allocation (0 for default: ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN)
  * @bufp: On success, returns the allocated buffer with the nul-terminated file
  *	in it
  * Return: 0 if OK, -ENOMEM if out of memory, -EIO if read failed