1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index f0bea76f6ea5..c0dbd9ac24f0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -60,16 +60,18 @@
 #define PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(pages) ((pages) / PTRS_PER_PGD)
 #endif
 
+/* Number of possible pages in the lowmem region */
+LOWMEM_PAGES = (((1<<32) - __PAGE_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
+        
 /* Enough space to fit pagetables for the low memory linear map */
-MAPPING_BEYOND_END = \
-        PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(((1<<32) - __PAGE_OFFSET) >> PAGE_SHIFT) << PAGE_SHIFT
+MAPPING_BEYOND_END = PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(LOWMEM_PAGES) << PAGE_SHIFT
 
 /*
  * Worst-case size of the kernel mapping we need to make:
- * the worst-case size of the kernel itself, plus the extra we need
- * to map for the linear map.
+ * a relocatable kernel can live anywhere in lowmem, so we need to be able
+ * to map all of lowmem.
  */
-KERNEL_PAGES = (KERNEL_IMAGE_SIZE + MAPPING_BEYOND_END)>>PAGE_SHIFT
+KERNEL_PAGES = LOWMEM_PAGES
 
 INIT_MAP_SIZE = PAGE_TABLE_SIZE(KERNEL_PAGES) * PAGE_SIZE_asm
 RESERVE_BRK(pagetables, INIT_MAP_SIZE)