diff --git a/src/include/nccl_device/gin/proxy/gin_proxy_device_host_common.h b/src/include/nccl_device/gin/proxy/gin_proxy_device_host_common.h
index 57eed636b3..8b37bdfea0 100644
--- a/src/include/nccl_device/gin/proxy/gin_proxy_device_host_common.h
+++ b/src/include/nccl_device/gin/proxy/gin_proxy_device_host_common.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ typedef enum {
   ncclGinProxyGfdQwords = 8,
 } ncclGinProxyGfdQwordIdx_t;
 
-typedef struct __attribute__((packed)) {
+typedef struct {
   ncclGinProxyQword_t qword[ncclGinProxyGfdQwords];
 } ncclGinProxyGfd_t;
 static_assert(sizeof(ncclGinProxyGfd_t) == 64,