diff --git a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
index b35e14cb8d0..bb81676336a 100644
--- a/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
+++ b/sys/dev/nvme/nvme_private.h
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct nvme_qpair {
 
 	struct nvme_tracker	**act_tr;
 
-	struct mtx		lock __aligned(CACHE_LINE_SIZE);
+	struct mtx_padalign	lock;
 
 } __aligned(CACHE_LINE_SIZE);