diff --git a/libc/arch-arm64/generic/bionic/strcmp.S b/libc/arch-arm64/generic/bionic/strcmp.S
index 3cce478..271452d 100644
--- a/libc/arch-arm64/generic/bionic/strcmp.S
+++ b/libc/arch-arm64/generic/bionic/strcmp.S
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 
 	/* Start of performance-critical section  -- one 64B cache line.  */
 ENTRY(strcmp)
+.p2align  6
 	eor	tmp1, src1, src2
 	mov	zeroones, #REP8_01
 	tst	tmp1, #7
diff --git a/linker/linker.cpp b/linker/linker.cpp
index ff16b03..60dff98 100644
--- a/linker/linker.cpp
+++ b/linker/linker.cpp
@@ -2081,8 +2081,7 @@
                        "(anonymous)",
                        nullptr,
                        library_search_path,
-                       // TODO (dimitry): change to isolated eventually.
-                       ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_REGULAR,
+                       ANDROID_NAMESPACE_TYPE_ISOLATED,
                        nullptr,
                        &g_default_namespace);