diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
index a06cbf01974462de6cf163fb87008453fd6c019c..60733f137e9a292f2e4fe0f9c783f4a3f1d103f2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/bootparam.h
@@ -155,7 +155,8 @@ struct boot_params {
 	__u8  _pad2[4];					/* 0x054 */
 	__u64  tboot_addr;				/* 0x058 */
 	struct ist_info ist_info;			/* 0x060 */
-	__u8  _pad3[16];				/* 0x070 */
+	__u64 acpi_rsdp_addr;				/* 0x070 */
+	__u8  _pad3[8];					/* 0x078 */
 	__u8  hd0_info[16];	/* obsolete! */		/* 0x080 */
 	__u8  hd1_info[16];	/* obsolete! */		/* 0x090 */
 	struct sys_desc_table sys_desc_table; /* obsolete! */	/* 0x0a0 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
index fb3b1f3a5aba5f113714623390331fade575b061..06635fbca81c0359c170bc1ef2266e499f526983 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/boot.c
@@ -1776,5 +1776,5 @@ void __init arch_reserve_mem_area(acpi_physical_address addr, size_t size)
 
 u64 x86_default_get_root_pointer(void)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return boot_params.acpi_rsdp_addr;
 }