diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
index 2dda0bc4576ebf7a6940056e621d0bdb4850aa79..f16c55bfc0907bc4a3b1f35174ca5f5cbc53ce99 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ static void __init i386_default_early_setup(void)
 	/* Initialize 32bit specific setup functions */
 	x86_init.resources.reserve_resources = i386_reserve_resources;
 	x86_init.mpparse.setup_ioapic_ids = setup_ioapic_ids_from_mpc;
-
-	reserve_bios_regions();
 }
 
 asmlinkage __visible void __init i386_start_kernel(void)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 99d48e7d2974c64fe7b3fe9c1dd59e7f3b189cbb..54a2372f5dbb1eb0598788e944ad28708b638671 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ void __init x86_64_start_reservations(char *real_mode_data)
 		copy_bootdata(__va(real_mode_data));
 
 	x86_early_init_platform_quirks();
-	reserve_bios_regions();
 
 	switch (boot_params.hdr.hardware_subarch) {
 	case X86_SUBARCH_INTEL_MID:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 95cf31c9f4ece364aaf4eeb8b931d653d60a4425..bf780e0f76efdca2a868fe32890340096863d550 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1101,6 +1101,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		efi_find_mirror();
 	}
 
+	reserve_bios_regions();
+
 	/*
 	 * The EFI specification says that boot service code won't be called
 	 * after ExitBootServices(). This is, in fact, a lie.