diff --git a/src/arch/mips/isa_traits.hh b/src/arch/mips/isa_traits.hh
index 4d07c5abe7..2f789c6bfc 100644
--- a/src/arch/mips/isa_traits.hh
+++ b/src/arch/mips/isa_traits.hh
@@ -161,8 +161,7 @@ const int ByteBytes = 1;
 const int ANNOTE_NONE = 0;
 const uint32_t ITOUCH_ANNOTE = 0xffffffff;
 
-// Memory accesses cannot be unaligned
-const bool HasUnalignedMemAcc = false;
+const bool HasUnalignedMemAcc = true;
 
 } // namespace MipsISA