diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
index ad70cba8daffae..5733faba4f7f74 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -238,7 +238,13 @@ typedef struct {
 	unsigned long seg;
 } mm_segment_t;
 
-#define ARCH_MIN_TASKALIGN	8
+#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_HAS_MSA
+# define ARCH_MIN_TASKALIGN	16
+# define FPU_ALIGN		__aligned(16)
+#else
+# define ARCH_MIN_TASKALIGN	8
+# define FPU_ALIGN
+#endif
 
 struct mips_abi;
 
@@ -255,7 +261,7 @@ struct thread_struct {
 	unsigned long cp0_status;
 
 	/* Saved fpu/fpu emulator stuff. */
-	struct mips_fpu_struct fpu;
+	struct mips_fpu_struct fpu FPU_ALIGN;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_MT_FPAFF
 	/* Emulated instruction count */
 	unsigned long emulated_fp;