diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
index 1c342682553544c59f11c5676f58e4a4f56bd8ef..eb313b62d548fc42dba59ed2e274372f17d3781b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/e820/types.h
@@ -1,37 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_E820_TYPES_H
 #define _ASM_E820_TYPES_H
 
-enum e820_type {
-	E820_RAM		= 1,
-	E820_RESERVED		= 2,
-	E820_ACPI		= 3,
-	E820_NVS		= 4,
-	E820_UNUSABLE		= 5,
-	E820_PMEM		= 7,
-
-	/*
-	 * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or
-	 * NVDIMM regions that persist over a reboot.
-	 *
-	 * The kernel will ignore their special capabilities
-	 * unless the CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY=y option is set.
-	 *
-	 * ( Note that older platforms also used 6 for the same
-	 *   type of memory, but newer versions switched to 12 as
-	 *   6 was assigned differently. Some time they will learn... )
-	 */
-	E820_PRAM		= 12,
-
-	/*
-	 * Reserved RAM used by the kernel itself if
-	 * CONFIG_INTEL_TXT=y is enabled, memory of this type
-	 * will be included in the S3 integrity calculation
-	 * and so should not include any memory that the BIOS
-	 * might alter over the S3 transition:
-	 */
-	E820_RESERVED_KERN	= 128,
-};
-
 #include <uapi/asm/e820/types.h>
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820/types.h b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820/types.h
index 54b812e80bac119c8100da4abbc3f85d73193482..65c7a1beab224b88975b2ad42dd2b41532b55f42 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820/types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/uapi/asm/e820/types.h
@@ -6,14 +6,45 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
+enum e820_type {
+	E820_RAM		= 1,
+	E820_RESERVED		= 2,
+	E820_ACPI		= 3,
+	E820_NVS		= 4,
+	E820_UNUSABLE		= 5,
+	E820_PMEM		= 7,
+
+	/*
+	 * This is a non-standardized way to represent ADR or
+	 * NVDIMM regions that persist over a reboot.
+	 *
+	 * The kernel will ignore their special capabilities
+	 * unless the CONFIG_X86_PMEM_LEGACY=y option is set.
+	 *
+	 * ( Note that older platforms also used 6 for the same
+	 *   type of memory, but newer versions switched to 12 as
+	 *   6 was assigned differently. Some time they will learn... )
+	 */
+	E820_PRAM		= 12,
+
+	/*
+	 * Reserved RAM used by the kernel itself if
+	 * CONFIG_INTEL_TXT=y is enabled, memory of this type
+	 * will be included in the S3 integrity calculation
+	 * and so should not include any memory that the BIOS
+	 * might alter over the S3 transition:
+	 */
+	E820_RESERVED_KERN	= 128,
+};
+
 /*
  * A single E820 map entry, describing a memory range of [addr...addr+size-1],
  * of 'type' memory type:
  */
 struct e820_entry {
-	__u64 addr;
-	__u64 size;
-	__u32 type;
+	__u64			addr;
+	__u64			size;
+	enum e820_type		type;
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 511402d88795f494c62d0cbe141b43c63fccf22a..010a289ddd9f47f17cb0d89502ad4ffb8db8baba 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -1164,6 +1164,9 @@ void __init e820__memory_setup(void)
 {
 	char *who;
 
+	/* This is a firmware interface ABI - make sure we don't break it: */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct e820_entry) != 20);
+
 	who = x86_init.resources.memory_setup();
 
 	memcpy(e820_table_firmware, e820_table, sizeof(struct e820_table));