diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 8354399b3aae2..0aebd776018e4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -608,8 +608,6 @@ static __init void reserve_ibft_region(void)
 		memblock_reserve(addr, size);
 }
 
-static unsigned reserve_low = CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW << 10;
-
 static bool __init snb_gfx_workaround_needed(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PCI
@@ -698,8 +696,7 @@ static void __init trim_bios_range(void)
 	 * since some BIOSes are known to corrupt low memory.  See the
 	 * Kconfig help text for X86_RESERVE_LOW.
 	 */
-	e820_update_range(0, ALIGN(reserve_low, PAGE_SIZE),
-			  E820_RAM, E820_RESERVED);
+	e820_update_range(0, PAGE_SIZE, E820_RAM, E820_RESERVED);
 
 	/*
 	 * special case: Some BIOSen report the PC BIOS
@@ -711,6 +708,8 @@ static void __init trim_bios_range(void)
 	sanitize_e820_map(e820.map, ARRAY_SIZE(e820.map), &e820.nr_map);
 }
 
+static unsigned reserve_low = CONFIG_X86_RESERVE_LOW << 10;
+
 static int __init parse_reservelow(char *p)
 {
 	unsigned long long size;
@@ -733,6 +732,11 @@ static int __init parse_reservelow(char *p)
 
 early_param("reservelow", parse_reservelow);
 
+static void __init trim_low_memory_range(void)
+{
+	memblock_reserve(0, ALIGN(reserve_low, PAGE_SIZE));
+}
+	
 /*
  * Determine if we were loaded by an EFI loader.  If so, then we have also been
  * passed the efi memmap, systab, etc., so we should use these data structures
@@ -987,6 +991,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	setup_real_mode();
 
 	trim_platform_memory_ranges();
+	trim_low_memory_range();
 
 	init_gbpages();