diff --git a/gas/config/tc-arm.c b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
index 6cba107b3f8b10f96c40568e0d21db09800eb798..73d0531639a9f8b277729122999122a423cc7549 100644
--- a/gas/config/tc-arm.c
+++ b/gas/config/tc-arm.c
@@ -21549,7 +21549,7 @@ md_section_align (segT	 segment ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
     }
 #endif
 
-  return (size + 3) & ~ 3;
+  return size;
 }
 
 /* This is called from HANDLE_ALIGN in write.c.	 Fill in the contents