diff --git a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
index c04a421f4a7c..75b3680c41eb 100644
--- a/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
+++ b/Documentation/i386/zero-page.txt
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Offset	Type		Description
 0x1d0	unsigned long	EFI memory descriptor map pointer
 0x1d4	unsigned long	EFI memory descriptor map size
 0x1e0	unsigned long	ALT_MEM_K, alternative mem check, in Kb
+0x1e4	unsigned long	Scratch field for the kernel setup code
 0x1e8	char		number of entries in E820MAP (below)
 0x1e9	unsigned char	number of entries in EDDBUF (below)
 0x1ea	unsigned char	number of entries in EDD_MBR_SIG_BUFFER (below)
diff --git a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
index 3517a32aaf41..f35ea2237522 100644
--- a/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ startup_32:
  * at and where we were actually loaded at.  This can only be done
  * with a short local call on x86.  Nothing  else will tell us what
  * address we are running at.  The reserved chunk of the real-mode
- * data at 0x34-0x3f are used as the stack for this calculation.
- * Only 4 bytes are needed.
+ * data at 0x1e4 (defined as a scratch field) are used as the stack
+ * for this calculation. Only 4 bytes are needed.
  */
-	leal 0x40(%esi), %esp
+	leal (0x1e4+4)(%esi), %esp
 	call 1f
 1:	popl %ebp
 	subl $1b, %ebp
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
index f9d5692a0106..1312bfaff306 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/boot/compressed/head.S
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ startup_32:
  * at and where we were actually loaded at.  This can only be done
  * with a short local call on x86.  Nothing  else will tell us what
  * address we are running at.  The reserved chunk of the real-mode
- * data at 0x34-0x3f are used as the stack for this calculation.
- * Only 4 bytes are needed.
+ * data at 0x1e4 (defined as a scratch field) are used as the stack
+ * for this calculation. Only 4 bytes are needed.
  */
-	leal	0x40(%esi), %esp
+	leal	(0x1e4+4)(%esi), %esp
 	call	1f
 1:	popl	%ebp
 	subl	$1b, %ebp