diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
index c18f59d10101cefc82f6638bcca758a480b70cc3..f15db0c407133b70816b1177565b777d3354dbd7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ static void __init i386_default_early_setup(void)
 
 void __init i386_start_kernel(void)
 {
-	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(&_text),
-			 __pa_symbol(&__bss_stop) - __pa_symbol(&_text));
+	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(_text),
+			 (phys_addr_t)__bss_stop - (phys_addr_t)_text);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	/* Reserve INITRD */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 037df57a99ac34d5ba1a5cab5abaa4554e0689d0..42f5df1343413d9fb0978c54e30e3b15705179bc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)
 {
 	copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
 
-	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(&_text),
-			 __pa_symbol(&__bss_stop) - __pa_symbol(&_text));
+	memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(_text),
+			 (phys_addr_t)__bss_stop - (phys_addr_t)_text);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	/* Reserve INITRD */