diff --git a/src/cmd/8l/obj.c b/src/cmd/8l/obj.c
index 2a38f7ef0a..f84a30f390 100644
--- a/src/cmd/8l/obj.c
+++ b/src/cmd/8l/obj.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		if(INITDAT == -1)
 			INITDAT = 0;
 		if(INITRND == -1)
-			INITRND = 1;
+			INITRND = 4096;
 		break;
 	case Hmsdoscom:	/* MS-DOS .COM */
 		HEADR = 0;
diff --git a/src/cmd/ld/data.c b/src/cmd/ld/data.c
index 0cb2b2138f..f6f71305fd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/ld/data.c
+++ b/src/cmd/ld/data.c
@@ -899,10 +899,8 @@ address(void)
 	segdata.fileoff = va - segtext.vaddr + segtext.fileoff;
 	if(HEADTYPE == Hwindows)
 		segdata.fileoff = segtext.fileoff + rnd(segtext.len, PEFILEALIGN);
-	if(HEADTYPE == Hplan9x32) {
-		segdata.vaddr = va = rnd(va, 4096);
+	if(HEADTYPE == Hplan9x32)
 		segdata.fileoff = segtext.fileoff + segtext.filelen;
-	}
 	for(s=segdata.sect; s != nil; s=s->next) {
 		s->vaddr = va;
 		va += s->len;