diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c b/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
index 494f2a53628..76c483c5640 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_mount.c
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ vfs_mount_init(void *dummy __unused)
 {
 
 	mount_zone = uma_zcreate("Mountpoints", sizeof(struct mount), NULL,
-	    NULL, mount_init, mount_fini, UMA_ALIGN_PTR, UMA_ZONE_NOFREE);
+	    NULL, mount_init, mount_fini, UMA_ALIGN_CACHE, UMA_ZONE_NOFREE);
 }
 SYSINIT(vfs_mount, SI_SUB_VFS, SI_ORDER_ANY, vfs_mount_init, NULL);
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/mount.h b/sys/sys/mount.h
index 4a5333203f9..562fa191fe2 100644
--- a/sys/sys/mount.h
+++ b/sys/sys/mount.h
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ struct mount {
 	struct lock	mnt_explock;		/* vfs_export walkers lock */
 	TAILQ_ENTRY(mount) mnt_upper_link;	/* (m) we in the all uppers */
 	TAILQ_HEAD(, mount) mnt_uppers;		/* (m) upper mounts over us*/
-	int		mnt_vfs_ops;		/* (i) pending vfs ops */
+	int __aligned(CACHE_LINE_SIZE)	mnt_vfs_ops;/* (i) pending vfs ops */
 	int		*mnt_thread_in_ops_pcpu;
 	int		*mnt_ref_pcpu;
 	int		*mnt_lockref_pcpu;