diff --git a/source/portable/NetworkInterface/TM4C/NetworkInterface.c b/source/portable/NetworkInterface/TM4C/NetworkInterface.c
index a3f37c3a3..9289e8a9a 100644
--- a/source/portable/NetworkInterface/TM4C/NetworkInterface.c
+++ b/source/portable/NetworkInterface/TM4C/NetworkInterface.c
@@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ static tEMACDMADescriptor _rx_descriptors[ niEMAC_RX_DMA_DESC_COUNT ];
 static tDescriptorList _tx_descriptor_list = { .number_descriptors = niEMAC_TX_DMA_DESC_COUNT, 0 };
 static tDescriptorList _rx_descriptor_list = { .number_descriptors = niEMAC_RX_DMA_DESC_COUNT, 0 };
 
-static uint8_t _network_buffers[ ipconfigNUM_NETWORK_BUFFER_DESCRIPTORS ][ BUFFER_SIZE_ROUNDED_UP ];
-#pragma DATA_ALIGN(_network_buffers, 4)
+static uint8_t _network_buffers[ ipconfigNUM_NETWORK_BUFFER_DESCRIPTORS ][ BUFFER_SIZE_ROUNDED_UP ] __attribute__( ( aligned( 4 ) ) );
 
 static EthernetPhy_t xPhyObject;