diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 815680b585ed2d15e766384b1401dd67f5e138d9..b3e888638bb7c819547cba13e5ec48724d596cd1 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -61,21 +61,24 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$8");
 /*
  * Thread information flags:
  * - these are process state flags and used from assembly
- * - pending work-to-be-done flags come first to fit in and immediate operand.
+ * - pending work-to-be-done flags come first and must be assigned to be
+ *   within bits 0 to 7 to fit in and immediate operand.
+ * - ALPHA_UAC_SHIFT below must be kept consistent with the unaligned
+ *   control flags.
  *
  * TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE is known to be 0 via blbs.
  */
 #define TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	0	/* syscall trace active */
-#define TIF_SIGPENDING		1	/* signal pending */
-#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	2	/* rescheduling necessary */
-#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	3	/* poll_idle is polling NEED_RESCHED */
-#define TIF_DIE_IF_KERNEL	4	/* dik recursion lock */
-#define TIF_UAC_NOPRINT		5	/* see sysinfo.h */
-#define TIF_UAC_NOFIX		6
-#define TIF_UAC_SIGBUS		7
-#define TIF_MEMDIE		8
-#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	9	/* restore signal mask in do_signal */
-#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	10	/* callback before returning to user */
+#define TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME	1	/* callback before returning to user */
+#define TIF_SIGPENDING		2	/* signal pending */
+#define TIF_NEED_RESCHED	3	/* rescheduling necessary */
+#define TIF_POLLING_NRFLAG	8	/* poll_idle is polling NEED_RESCHED */
+#define TIF_DIE_IF_KERNEL	9	/* dik recursion lock */
+#define TIF_UAC_NOPRINT		10	/* see sysinfo.h */
+#define TIF_UAC_NOFIX		11
+#define TIF_UAC_SIGBUS		12
+#define TIF_MEMDIE		13
+#define TIF_RESTORE_SIGMASK	14	/* restore signal mask in do_signal */
 #define TIF_FREEZE		16	/* is freezing for suspend */
 
 #define _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE	(1<<TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ register struct thread_info *__current_thread_info __asm__("$8");
 #define _TIF_ALLWORK_MASK	(_TIF_WORK_MASK		\
 				 | _TIF_SYSCALL_TRACE)
 
-#define ALPHA_UAC_SHIFT		6
+#define ALPHA_UAC_SHIFT		10
 #define ALPHA_UAC_MASK		(1 << TIF_UAC_NOPRINT | 1 << TIF_UAC_NOFIX | \
 				 1 << TIF_UAC_SIGBUS)