diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 21375776968f..b8311a869547 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5524ea320d80e3ac6aeeec44216660831c76da08
+refs/heads/master: 749c970ae9fa43b4fcf17ac53022a953007d58f4
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 2c0abe0e3c68..5e0391229502 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -268,18 +268,14 @@ bad_address:
 	jmp bad_address
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
-.macro early_idt_tramp first, last
-	.ifgt \last-\first
-	early_idt_tramp \first, \last-1
-	.endif
-	movl $\last,%esi
-	jmp early_idt_handler
-.endm
-
 	.globl early_idt_handlers
 early_idt_handlers:
-	.set maxe, NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS-1
-	early_idt_tramp 0, maxe
+	i = 0
+	.rept NUM_EXCEPTION_VECTORS
+	movl $i, %esi
+	jmp early_idt_handler
+	i = i + 1
+	.endr
 #endif
 
 ENTRY(early_idt_handler)