diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 72744ba440f6e..06bd72a324c11 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ sentinel:	.byte 0xff, 0xff        /* Used to detect broken loaders */
 
 	.globl	hdr
 hdr:
-setup_sects:	.byte 0			/* Filled in by build.c */
+		.byte setup_sects - 1
 root_flags:	.word ROOT_RDONLY
 syssize:	.long 0			/* Filled in by build.c */
 ram_size:	.word 0			/* Obsolete */
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
index b11c45b9e51ed..9bd5c1ada599d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	.signature	: {
 		setup_sig = .;
 		LONG(0x5a5aaa55)
+
+		/* Reserve some extra space for the reloc and compat sections */
+		setup_size = ALIGN(ABSOLUTE(.) + 64, 512);
+		setup_sects = ABSOLUTE(setup_size / 512);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
index 0694975431645..745d64b6d9303 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/tools/build.c
@@ -48,12 +48,7 @@ typedef unsigned int   u32;
 u8 buf[SETUP_SECT_MAX*512];
 
 #define PECOFF_RELOC_RESERVE 0x20
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED
 #define PECOFF_COMPAT_RESERVE 0x20
-#else
-#define PECOFF_COMPAT_RESERVE 0x0
-#endif
 
 static unsigned long efi_pe_entry;
 static unsigned long efi32_pe_entry;
@@ -388,7 +383,6 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv)
 #endif
 
 	/* Patch the setup code with the appropriate size parameters */
-	buf[0x1f1] = setup_sectors-1;
 	put_unaligned_le32(sys_size, &buf[0x1f4]);
 
 	update_pecoff_text(setup_sectors * 512, i + (sys_size * 16));