diff --git a/subsys/testsuite/coverage/coverage_rodata.ld b/subsys/testsuite/coverage/coverage_rodata.ld
index 02af904d807..08654fba65a 100644
--- a/subsys/testsuite/coverage/coverage_rodata.ld
+++ b/subsys/testsuite/coverage/coverage_rodata.ld
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
 
+. = ALIGN(4);
+
 PROVIDE_HIDDEN (__init_array_start = .);
 KEEP (*(SORT(.init_array.*)))
 KEEP (*(.init_array*))