diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 90b1c3bfec468002612f706a8c5d4dc0b2ee1b8e..118e6debc483ed6f6d6357209619216843ee670c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ archscripts: scripts_basic
 # Syscall table generation
 
 archheaders:
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/syscalls all
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/x86/entry/syscalls all
 
 archprepare:
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE),y)
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile
similarity index 95%
rename from arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile
rename to arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile
index a55abb9f6c5e2b944d1e4c4b1e2460bd7990654d..57aa59fd140c0079d8b6a50add515c3df9ab7ace 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-out := $(obj)/../include/generated/asm
-uapi := $(obj)/../include/generated/uapi/asm
+out := $(obj)/../../include/generated/asm
+uapi := $(obj)/../../include/generated/uapi/asm
 
 # Create output directory if not already present
 _dummy := $(shell [ -d '$(out)' ] || mkdir -p '$(out)') \
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
rename to arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
rename to arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/x86/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
rename to arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh b/arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/x86/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
rename to arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh
diff --git a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
index 5b3add31f9f1202610e67e4d4868598e5846e594..2c9082ba61376fd7fb5dd375ca2afac1bb44d53a 100755
--- a/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
+++ b/scripts/checksyscalls.sh
@@ -212,5 +212,5 @@ EOF
     )
 }
 
-(ignore_list && syscall_list $(dirname $0)/../arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl) | \
+(ignore_list && syscall_list $(dirname $0)/../arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl) | \
 $* -E -x c - > /dev/null