diff --git a/include/linux/sem.h b/include/linux/sem.h
index 8a4adbef8a0fd6..f2961afa2f6657 100644
--- a/include/linux/sem.h
+++ b/include/linux/sem.h
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ struct  seminfo {
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
 #include <asm/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/rcupdate.h>
+#include <linux/cache.h>
 
 struct task_struct;
 
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ struct sem {
 
 /* One sem_array data structure for each set of semaphores in the system. */
 struct sem_array {
-	struct kern_ipc_perm	sem_perm;	/* permissions .. see ipc.h */
+	struct kern_ipc_perm	____cacheline_aligned_in_smp
+				sem_perm;	/* permissions .. see ipc.h */
 	time_t			sem_otime;	/* last semop time */
 	time_t			sem_ctime;	/* last change time */
 	struct sem		*sem_base;	/* ptr to first semaphore in array */