diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index 741e2956f3cfb60e679f7fff1460b6d1aae38e51..19769ac60616c088bd14db2333ef13a41985c18d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -88,6 +88,9 @@ extern unsigned long saved_video_mode;
 #define paravirt_post_allocator_init()	do {} while (0)
 #endif
 
+extern void reserve_standard_io_resources(void);
+extern void i386_reserve_resources(void);
+
 #ifndef _SETUP
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
index 75e9e68d635fd2d4ab9e4b1d5647d8653656863c..d0d9be25ed937f1d567411b46cc4c47c416bb90b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@
 /**
  * struct x86_init_resources - platform specific resource related ops
  * @probe_roms:			probe BIOS roms
+ * @reserve_resources:		reserve the standard resources for the
+ *				platform
  *
  */
 struct x86_init_resources {
 	void (*probe_roms)(void);
+	void (*reserve_resources)(void);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
index 4049353152cf99ccff069eb953ee115d732e88bc..d91c37c02069af08801b458ef80d21dabc3a83be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head32.c
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ void __init i386_start_kernel(void)
 #endif
 	/* Initilize 32bit specific setup functions */
 	x86_init.resources.probe_roms = probe_roms;
+	x86_init.resources.reserve_resources = i386_reserve_resources;
 
 	reserve_ebda_region();
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 5796eb158d49bccee884bf738756cd32a939a700..c2a8090e8312fc4913ae12ef00ade1613a5bff87 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -171,13 +171,6 @@ static struct resource bss_resource = {
 
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-static struct resource video_ram_resource = {
-	.name	= "Video RAM area",
-	.start	= 0xa0000,
-	.end	= 0xbffff,
-	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
-};
-
 /* cpu data as detected by the assembly code in head.S */
 struct cpuinfo_x86 new_cpu_data __cpuinitdata = {0, 0, 0, 0, -1, 1, 0, 0, -1};
 /* common cpu data for all cpus */
@@ -605,7 +598,7 @@ static struct resource standard_io_resources[] = {
 		.flags = IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_IO }
 };
 
-static void __init reserve_standard_io_resources(void)
+void __init reserve_standard_io_resources(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -1013,10 +1006,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	e820_reserve_resources();
 	e820_mark_nosave_regions(max_low_pfn);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-	request_resource(&iomem_resource, &video_ram_resource);
-#endif
-	reserve_standard_io_resources();
+	x86_init.resources.reserve_resources();
 
 	e820_setup_gap();
 
@@ -1102,4 +1092,18 @@ void __init x86_quirk_time_init(void)
 	irq0.mask = cpumask_of_cpu(0);
 	setup_irq(0, &irq0);
 }
+
+static struct resource video_ram_resource = {
+	.name	= "Video RAM area",
+	.start	= 0xa0000,
+	.end	= 0xbffff,
+	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_MEM
+};
+
+void __init i386_reserve_resources(void)
+{
+	request_resource(&iomem_resource, &video_ram_resource);
+	reserve_standard_io_resources();
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
index 88883f8006c2a47145d6f329d76c5df9a1a6ee7f..68c093b67ecfc54a3cb3d3f4a9793b224aa37276 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  */
 #include <linux/init.h>
 
-#include <asm/x86_init.h>
+#include <asm/setup.h>
 
 void __cpuinit x86_init_noop(void) { }
 
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ struct __initdata x86_init_ops x86_init = {
 
 	.resources = {
 		.probe_roms		= x86_init_noop,
+		.reserve_resources	= reserve_standard_io_resources,
 	},
 };