diff --git a/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml
index ae9d13c1..c8e85cd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dev-short-tests.yml
@@ -294,7 +294,6 @@ jobs:
         LDFLAGS="-static" CC=$XCC QEMU_SYS=$XEMU make clean check
     - name: M68K
       if: ${{ matrix.name == 'M68K' }}
-      continue-on-error: true   # disable reporting errors (alignment issues)
       run: |
         LDFLAGS="-static" CC=$XCC QEMU_SYS=$XEMU make clean check
 
diff --git a/lib/common/compiler.h b/lib/common/compiler.h
index 27632ab0..95ecb75e 100644
--- a/lib/common/compiler.h
+++ b/lib/common/compiler.h
@@ -285,6 +285,39 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
+/*-**************************************************************
+*  Alignment check
+*****************************************************************/
+
+/* this test was initially positioned in mem.h,
+ * but this file is removed (or replaced) for linux kernel
+ * so it's now hosted in compiler.h,
+ * which remains valid for both user & kernel spaces.
+ */
+
+#ifndef ZSTD_ALIGNOF
+# if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
+/* covers gcc, clang & MSVC */
+/* note : this section must come first, before C11,
+ * due to a limitation in the kernel source generator */
+#  define ZSTD_ALIGNOF(T) __alignof(T)
+
+# elif defined(__STDC_VERSION__) && (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 201112L)
+/* C11 support */
+#  include <stdalign.h>
+#  define ZSTD_ALIGNOF(T) alignof(T)
+
+# else
+/* No known support for alignof() - imperfect backup */
+#  define ZSTD_ALIGNOF(T) (sizeof(void*) < sizeof(T) ? sizeof(void*) : sizeof(T))
+
+# endif
+#endif /* ZSTD_ALIGNOF */
+
+/*-**************************************************************
+*  Sanitizer
+*****************************************************************/
+
 #if ZSTD_MEMORY_SANITIZER
 /* Not all platforms that support msan provide sanitizers/msan_interface.h.
  * We therefore declare the functions we need ourselves, rather than trying to
diff --git a/lib/compress/huf_compress.c b/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
index 41a414b5..2b3d6adc 100644
--- a/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
+++ b/lib/compress/huf_compress.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static size_t HUF_compressWeights(void* dst, size_t dstSize, const void* weightT
 
     unsigned maxSymbolValue = HUF_TABLELOG_MAX;
     U32 tableLog = MAX_FSE_TABLELOG_FOR_HUFF_HEADER;
-    HUF_CompressWeightsWksp* wksp = (HUF_CompressWeightsWksp*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workspace, &workspaceSize, sizeof(U32));
+    HUF_CompressWeightsWksp* wksp = (HUF_CompressWeightsWksp*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workspace, &workspaceSize, ZSTD_ALIGNOF(U32));
 
     if (workspaceSize < sizeof(HUF_CompressWeightsWksp)) return ERROR(GENERIC);
 
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ size_t HUF_writeCTable_wksp(void* dst, size_t maxDstSize,
     HUF_CElt const* const ct = CTable + 1;
     BYTE* op = (BYTE*)dst;
     U32 n;
-    HUF_WriteCTableWksp* wksp = (HUF_WriteCTableWksp*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workspace, &workspaceSize, sizeof(U32));
+    HUF_WriteCTableWksp* wksp = (HUF_WriteCTableWksp*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workspace, &workspaceSize, ZSTD_ALIGNOF(U32));
 
     /* check conditions */
     if (workspaceSize < sizeof(HUF_WriteCTableWksp)) return ERROR(GENERIC);
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ static void HUF_buildCTableFromTree(HUF_CElt* CTable, nodeElt const* huffNode, i
 
 size_t HUF_buildCTable_wksp (HUF_CElt* CTable, const unsigned* count, U32 maxSymbolValue, U32 maxNbBits, void* workSpace, size_t wkspSize)
 {
-    HUF_buildCTable_wksp_tables* const wksp_tables = (HUF_buildCTable_wksp_tables*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workSpace, &wkspSize, sizeof(U32));
+    HUF_buildCTable_wksp_tables* const wksp_tables = (HUF_buildCTable_wksp_tables*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workSpace, &wkspSize, ZSTD_ALIGNOF(U32));
     nodeElt* const huffNode0 = wksp_tables->huffNodeTbl;
     nodeElt* const huffNode = huffNode0+1;
     int nonNullRank;
@@ -1183,7 +1183,7 @@ HUF_compress_internal (void* dst, size_t dstSize,
                        HUF_CElt* oldHufTable, HUF_repeat* repeat, int preferRepeat,
                  const int bmi2, unsigned suspectUncompressible)
 {
-    HUF_compress_tables_t* const table = (HUF_compress_tables_t*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workSpace, &wkspSize, sizeof(size_t));
+    HUF_compress_tables_t* const table = (HUF_compress_tables_t*)HUF_alignUpWorkspace(workSpace, &wkspSize, ZSTD_ALIGNOF(size_t));
     BYTE* const ostart = (BYTE*)dst;
     BYTE* const oend = ostart + dstSize;
     BYTE* op = ostart;
diff --git a/lib/compress/zstd_cwksp.h b/lib/compress/zstd_cwksp.h
index 7ba90262..29d027e9 100644
--- a/lib/compress/zstd_cwksp.h
+++ b/lib/compress/zstd_cwksp.h
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ MEM_STATIC void* ZSTD_cwksp_reserve_object(ZSTD_cwksp* ws, size_t bytes) {
     DEBUGLOG(5,
         "cwksp: reserving %p object %zd bytes (rounded to %zd), %zd bytes remaining",
         alloc, bytes, roundedBytes, ZSTD_cwksp_available_space(ws) - roundedBytes);
-    assert(((size_t)alloc & (sizeof(void*)-1)) == 0);
-    assert((bytes & (sizeof(void*)-1)) == 0);
+    assert((size_t)alloc % ZSTD_ALIGNOF(void*) == 0);
+    assert(bytes % ZSTD_ALIGNOF(void*) == 0);
     ZSTD_cwksp_assert_internal_consistency(ws);
     /* we must be in the first phase, no advance is possible */
     if (ws->phase != ZSTD_cwksp_alloc_objects || end > ws->workspaceEnd) {