diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 3d3e8bcaf08d..470746084004 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: aece27851d44bde62fc0587e06f5e8e27fd96e5f
+refs/heads/master: fa2bbce985ca97943305cdc81d9626e6810ed7f2
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 849fc9e63c2f..7785e66840a4 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 	}
 	load_idt((const struct desc_ptr *)&idt_descr);
 
+	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
+
 	if (console_loglevel == 10)
 		early_printk("Kernel alive\n");
 
@@ -97,7 +99,9 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 
 void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)
 {
-	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
+	/* version is always not zero if it is copied */
+	if (!boot_params.hdr.version)
+		copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
 
 	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(&_text),
 			 __pa_symbol(&__bss_stop) - __pa_symbol(&_text));