diff --git a/asm/non_matchings/code/audio_synthesis/pad_800DACB0.s b/asm/non_matchings/code/ucode_disas/pad_800DACB0.s
similarity index 100%
rename from asm/non_matchings/code/audio_synthesis/pad_800DACB0.s
rename to asm/non_matchings/code/ucode_disas/pad_800DACB0.s
diff --git a/src/code/audio_synthesis.c b/src/code/audio_synthesis.c
index b7baa82bae..a45ebd7b97 100644
--- a/src/code/audio_synthesis.c
+++ b/src/code/audio_synthesis.c
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ Acmd* func_800DD6CC(Acmd* cmd, NoteSubEu* noteSubEu, NoteSynthesisState* synthSt
 Acmd* func_800DD62C(Acmd* cmd, NoteSynthesisState* synthState, s32 count, u16 pitch, u16 inpDmem, s32 resampleFlags);
 extern s16 D_8012FBAA[];
 
-// 4 nops, part of ucode_disas?
-#pragma GLOBAL_ASM("asm/non_matchings/code/audio_synthesis/pad_800DACB0.s")
-
 void AudioSynth_InitNextRingBuf(s32 chunkSize, s32 bufIdx, s32 reverbIdx) {
     ReverbRingBufferItem* bufItem;
     s32 pad[3];
diff --git a/src/code/ucode_disas.c b/src/code/ucode_disas.c
index 81301f2ccd..00335dd20f 100644
--- a/src/code/ucode_disas.c
+++ b/src/code/ucode_disas.c
@@ -283,3 +283,8 @@ void UCodeDisas_RegisterUCode(UCodeDisas* this, s32 count, UCodeInfo* ucodeArray
 void UCodeDisas_SetCurUCode(UCodeDisas* this, void* ptr) {
     UCodeDisas_SetCurUCodeImpl(this, ptr);
 }
+
+// 4 bytes of nops, separating this file from audio_synthesis and padding .text
+// to a 32-byte boundary. Unclear what this comes from... maybe the audio
+// library was built separately and aligned to 32 bytes?
+#pragma GLOBAL_ASM("asm/non_matchings/code/ucode_disas/pad_800DACB0.s")