diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
index 4733a5f467b81..723f181b222ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/pvh/head.S
@@ -173,10 +173,15 @@ SYM_CODE_START(pvh_start_xen)
 1:
 	UNWIND_HINT_END_OF_STACK
 
-	/* Set base address in stack canary descriptor. */
-	mov $MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
-	leal canary(%rip), %eax
-	xor %edx, %edx
+	/*
+	 * Set up GSBASE.
+	 * Note that on SMP the boot CPU uses the init data section until
+	 * the per-CPU areas are set up.
+	 */
+	movl $MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
+	leaq INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(fixed_percpu_data)(%rip), %rdx
+	movq %edx, %eax
+	shrq $32, %rdx
 	wrmsr
 
 	/* Call xen_prepare_pvh() via the kernel virtual mapping */
@@ -238,8 +243,6 @@ SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(gdt_start)
 SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(gdt_start, SYM_L_LOCAL, gdt_end)
 
 	.balign 16
-SYM_DATA_LOCAL(canary, .fill 48, 1, 0)
-
 SYM_DATA_START_LOCAL(early_stack)
 	.fill BOOT_STACK_SIZE, 1, 0
 SYM_DATA_END_LABEL(early_stack, SYM_L_LOCAL, early_stack_end)