diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/attributes.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/attributes.rs
index 27fd09745ff08..adb53e0b66c2c 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/attributes.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/attributes.rs
@@ -491,11 +491,7 @@ pub(crate) fn llfn_attrs_from_instance<'ll, 'tcx>(
         let allocated_pointer = AttributeKind::AllocatedPointer.create_attr(cx.llcx);
         attributes::apply_to_llfn(llfn, AttributePlace::Argument(0), &[allocated_pointer]);
     }
-    // function alignment can be set globally with the `-Zmin-function-alignment=<n>` flag;
-    // the alignment from a `#[repr(align(<n>))]` is used if it specifies a higher alignment.
-    if let Some(align) =
-        Ord::max(cx.tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.min_function_alignment, codegen_fn_attrs.alignment)
-    {
+    if let Some(align) = codegen_fn_attrs.alignment {
         llvm::set_alignment(llfn, align);
     }
     if let Some(backchain) = backchain_attr(cx) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/codegen_attrs.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/codegen_attrs.rs
index 39818be5bde5a..ce83bd62dddbb 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/codegen_attrs.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/codegen_attrs.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ fn codegen_fn_attrs(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>, did: LocalDefId) -> CodegenFnAttrs {
             }
         }
 
+        // Apply the minimum function alignment here, so that individual backends don't have to.
+        codegen_fn_attrs.alignment = Ord::max(
+            codegen_fn_attrs.alignment,
+            tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.min_function_alignment,
+        );
+
         let Some(Ident { name, .. }) = attr.ident() else {
             continue;
         };
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/naked_asm.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/naked_asm.rs
index 9f66457a74005..9da4b8cc8fd40 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/naked_asm.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/mir/naked_asm.rs
@@ -131,12 +131,8 @@ fn prefix_and_suffix<'tcx>(
     let attrs = tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(instance.def_id());
     let link_section = attrs.link_section.map(|symbol| symbol.as_str().to_string());
 
-    // function alignment can be set globally with the `-Zmin-function-alignment=<n>` flag;
-    // the alignment from a `#[repr(align(<n>))]` is used if it specifies a higher alignment.
-    // if no alignment is specified, an alignment of 4 bytes is used.
-    let min_function_alignment = tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.min_function_alignment;
-    let align_bytes =
-        Ord::max(min_function_alignment, attrs.alignment).map(|a| a.bytes()).unwrap_or(4);
+    // If no alignment is specified, an alignment of 4 bytes is used.
+    let align_bytes = attrs.alignment.map(|a| a.bytes()).unwrap_or(4);
 
     // In particular, `.arm` can also be written `.code 32` and `.thumb` as `.code 16`.
     let (arch_prefix, arch_suffix) = if is_arm {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
index 36d1a413598db..57bf867e389b2 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_const_eval/src/interpret/memory.rs
@@ -877,12 +877,7 @@ impl<'tcx, M: Machine<'tcx>> InterpCx<'tcx, M> {
         if let Some(fn_val) = self.get_fn_alloc(id) {
             let align = match fn_val {
                 FnVal::Instance(instance) => {
-                    // Function alignment can be set globally with the `-Zmin-function-alignment=<n>` flag;
-                    // the alignment from a `#[repr(align(<n>))]` is used if it specifies a higher alignment.
-                    let fn_align = self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(instance.def_id()).alignment;
-                    let global_align = self.tcx.sess.opts.unstable_opts.min_function_alignment;
-
-                    Ord::max(global_align, fn_align).unwrap_or(Align::ONE)
+                    self.tcx.codegen_fn_attrs(instance.def_id()).alignment.unwrap_or(Align::ONE)
                 }
                 // Machine-specific extra functions currently do not support alignment restrictions.
                 FnVal::Other(_) => Align::ONE,