diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index e54dc61fcb6e7..233c492f2e8c2 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -7060,7 +7060,7 @@ static jl_llvm_functions_t
             Type *vtype = julia_type_to_llvm(ctx, jt, &isboxed);
             assert(!isboxed);
             assert(!type_is_ghost(vtype) && "constants should already be handled");
-            Value *lv = new AllocaInst(vtype, M->getDataLayout().getAllocaAddrSpace(), jl_symbol_name(s), /*InsertBefore*/ctx.topalloca);
+            Value *lv = new AllocaInst(vtype, M->getDataLayout().getAllocaAddrSpace(), NULL, Align(jl_datatype_align(jt)), jl_symbol_name(s), /*InsertBefore*/ctx.topalloca);
             if (CountTrackedPointers(vtype).count) {
                 StoreInst *SI = new StoreInst(Constant::getNullValue(vtype), lv, false, Align(sizeof(void*)));
                 SI->insertAfter(ctx.topalloca);