diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
index 70d7c93f455083e8703f6a37e94dc636432d7b64..0d98503c2245aab81283526c062f746650b99c32 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
@@ -593,9 +593,16 @@ mtrr_calc_range_state(u64 chunk_size, u64 gran_size,
 		      unsigned long x_remove_base,
 		      unsigned long x_remove_size, int i)
 {
-	static struct range range_new[RANGE_NUM];
+	/*
+	 * range_new should really be an automatic variable, but
+	 * putting 4096 bytes on the stack is frowned upon, to put it
+	 * mildly. It is safe to make it a static __initdata variable,
+	 * since mtrr_calc_range_state is only called during init and
+	 * there's no way it will call itself recursively.
+	 */
+	static struct range range_new[RANGE_NUM] __initdata;
 	unsigned long range_sums_new;
-	static int nr_range_new;
+	int nr_range_new;
 	int num_reg;
 
 	/* Convert ranges to var ranges state: */