diff --git a/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py b/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
index 9ac38d8..076768a 100644
--- a/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
+++ b/tools/binman/cbfs_util.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 FILE_HEADER_FORMAT = b'>8sIIII'
 FILE_HEADER_LEN    = 0x18
 FILE_MAGIC         = b'LARCHIVE'
-FILENAME_ALIGN     = 16  # Filename lengths are aligned to this
+ATTRIBUTE_ALIGN    = 4   # All attribute sizes must be divisible by this
 
 # A stage header containing information about 'stage' files
 # Yes this is correct: this header is in litte-endian format
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         String with required padding (at least one 0x00 byte) at the end
     """
     val = tools.to_bytes(instr)
-    pad_len = align_int(len(val) + 1, FILENAME_ALIGN)
+    pad_len = align_int(len(val) + 1, ATTRIBUTE_ALIGN)
     return val + tools.get_bytes(0, pad_len - len(val))
 
 
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@
             CbfsFile object containing the file information
         """
         cfile = CbfsFile('', TYPE_EMPTY, b'', None)
-        cfile.size = space_to_use - FILE_HEADER_LEN - FILENAME_ALIGN
+        cfile.size = space_to_use - FILE_HEADER_LEN - ATTRIBUTE_ALIGN
         cfile.erase_byte = erase_byte
         return cfile
 
@@ -859,8 +859,8 @@
         """
         val = b''
         while True:
-            data = fd.read(FILENAME_ALIGN)
-            if len(data) < FILENAME_ALIGN:
+            data = fd.read(ATTRIBUTE_ALIGN)
+            if len(data) < ATTRIBUTE_ALIGN:
                 return None
             pos = data.find(b'\0')
             if pos == -1:
diff --git a/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py b/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py
index c3babbc..6459252 100755
--- a/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py
+++ b/tools/binman/cbfs_util_test.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(arch, cbfs.arch)
         return cbfs
 
-    def _check_uboot(self, cbfs, ftype=cbfs_util.TYPE_RAW, offset=0x28,
+    def _check_uboot(self, cbfs, ftype=cbfs_util.TYPE_RAW, offset=0x20,
                      data=U_BOOT_DATA, cbfs_offset=None):
         """Check that the U-Boot file is as expected
 
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(len(data), cfile.memlen)
         return cfile
 
-    def _check_dtb(self, cbfs, offset=0x28, data=U_BOOT_DTB_DATA,
+    def _check_dtb(self, cbfs, offset=0x24, data=U_BOOT_DTB_DATA,
                    cbfs_offset=None):
         """Check that the U-Boot dtb file is as expected
 
@@ -437,8 +437,9 @@
             pos = fd.tell()
 
         # Create a new CBFS with only the first 4 bytes of the compression tag,
-        # then try to read the file
-        tag_pos = pos + cbfs_util.FILE_HEADER_LEN + cbfs_util.FILENAME_ALIGN
+        # then try to read the file. Note that the tag gets pushed out 4 bytes
+        tag_pos = (4 + pos + cbfs_util.FILE_HEADER_LEN +
+                   cbfs_util.ATTRIBUTE_ALIGN)
         newdata = data[:tag_pos + 4]
         with test_util.capture_sys_output() as (stdout, _stderr):
             with io.BytesIO(newdata) as fd:
@@ -489,7 +490,7 @@
         load = 0xfef20000
         entry = load + 2
 
-        cfile = self._check_uboot(cbfs, cbfs_util.TYPE_STAGE, offset=0x28,
+        cfile = self._check_uboot(cbfs, cbfs_util.TYPE_STAGE, offset=0x20,
                                   data=U_BOOT_DATA + U_BOOT_DTB_DATA)
 
         self.assertEqual(entry, cfile.entry)
@@ -520,7 +521,7 @@
         self.assertIn('u-boot', cbfs.files)
         cfile = cbfs.files['u-boot']
         self.assertEqual(cfile.name, 'u-boot')
-        self.assertEqual(cfile.offset, 56)
+        self.assertEqual(cfile.offset, 0x30)
         self.assertEqual(cfile.data, COMPRESS_DATA)
         self.assertEqual(cfile.ftype, cbfs_util.TYPE_RAW)
         self.assertEqual(cfile.compress, cbfs_util.COMPRESS_LZ4)
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@
         self.assertIn('u-boot-dtb', cbfs.files)
         cfile = cbfs.files['u-boot-dtb']
         self.assertEqual(cfile.name, 'u-boot-dtb')
-        self.assertEqual(cfile.offset, 56)
+        self.assertEqual(cfile.offset, 0x34)
         self.assertEqual(cfile.data, COMPRESS_DATA)
         self.assertEqual(cfile.ftype, cbfs_util.TYPE_RAW)
         self.assertEqual(cfile.compress, cbfs_util.COMPRESS_LZMA)
@@ -598,8 +599,8 @@
         data = cbw.get_data()
 
         cbfs = cbfs_util.CbfsReader(data)
-        self.assertEqual(0x28, cbfs.files['u-boot'].cbfs_offset)
-        self.assertEqual(0x68, cbfs.files['u-boot-dtb'].cbfs_offset)
+        self.assertEqual(0x20, cbfs.files['u-boot'].cbfs_offset)
+        self.assertEqual(0x64, cbfs.files['u-boot-dtb'].cbfs_offset)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/tools/binman/ftest.py b/tools/binman/ftest.py
index 2875194..5ace2a8 100644
--- a/tools/binman/ftest.py
+++ b/tools/binman/ftest.py
@@ -2667,12 +2667,12 @@
             'cbfs:offset': 0,
             'cbfs:size': len(data),
             'cbfs:image-pos': 0,
-            'cbfs/u-boot:offset': 0x38,
+            'cbfs/u-boot:offset': 0x30,
             'cbfs/u-boot:uncomp-size': len(U_BOOT_DATA),
-            'cbfs/u-boot:image-pos': 0x38,
-            'cbfs/u-boot-dtb:offset': 0xa8,
+            'cbfs/u-boot:image-pos': 0x30,
+            'cbfs/u-boot-dtb:offset': 0xa4,
             'cbfs/u-boot-dtb:size': len(U_BOOT_DATA),
-            'cbfs/u-boot-dtb:image-pos': 0xa8,
+            'cbfs/u-boot-dtb:image-pos': 0xa4,
             }, props)
 
     def testCbfsBadType(self):
@@ -2854,7 +2854,7 @@
 '  u-boot                  0     4  u-boot             0',
 '  section               100   %x  section          100' % section_size,
 '    cbfs                100   400  cbfs               0',
-'      u-boot            128     4  u-boot            28',
+'      u-boot            120     4  u-boot            20',
 '      u-boot-dtb        180   105  u-boot-dtb        80          3c9',
 '    u-boot-dtb          500   %x  u-boot-dtb       400          3c9' % fdt_size,
 '  fdtmap                %x   3bd  fdtmap           %x' %