diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index e04814215f1554afb9d142e87bf84d7e2b49f581..c98a559c346ed0c2b5092181130b2a3a2f7b1dcf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -328,7 +328,6 @@ ENDPROC(start_cpu0)
 	.quad	INIT_PER_CPU_VAR(irq_stack_union)
 	GLOBAL(initial_stack)
 	.quad  init_thread_union+THREAD_SIZE-8
-	.word  0
 	__FINITDATA
 
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