diff --git a/src/jit_compiler_rv64_vector_static.S b/src/jit_compiler_rv64_vector_static.S
index 72906d12..483517e7 100644
--- a/src/jit_compiler_rv64_vector_static.S
+++ b/src/jit_compiler_rv64_vector_static.S
@@ -867,6 +867,8 @@ randomx_riscv64_vector_program_main_loop_end:
 
 	ret
 
+.balign 8
+
 DECL(randomx_riscv64_vector_program_main_loop_light_mode_data):
 	// 1) Pointer to the scalar dataset init function
 	// 2) Dataset offset