diff --git a/src/include/sof/coherent.h b/src/include/sof/coherent.h
index 8e06fb466a66..6c11b6723e98 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/coherent.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/coherent.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include <sof/lib/memory.h>
 #include <sof/lib/cpu.h>
 
-#define __coherent __attribute__((packed, aligned(DCACHE_LINE_SIZE)))
+#define __coherent __aligned(DCACHE_LINE_SIZE)
 
 /*
  * The coherent API allows optimized access to memory by multiple cores, using