diff --git a/vp9/encoder/arm/neon/vp9_diamond_search_sad_neon.c b/vp9/encoder/arm/neon/vp9_diamond_search_sad_neon.c
index 33753f7..997775a 100644
--- a/vp9/encoder/arm/neon/vp9_diamond_search_sad_neon.c
+++ b/vp9/encoder/arm/neon/vp9_diamond_search_sad_neon.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int vp9_diamond_search_sad_neon(const MACROBLOCK *x,
       // Look up the component cost of the residual motion vector
       {
         uint32_t cost[4];
-        int16_t __attribute__((aligned(16))) rowcol[8];
+        DECLARE_ALIGNED(16, int16_t, rowcol[8]);
         vst1q_s16(rowcol, v_diff_mv_w);
 
         // Note: This is a use case for gather instruction