diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 21c6746338afef0949e89f8b2c0442654401546e..85268f8eadf667c6034c06882ed661cb7d03e4a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -769,7 +769,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	x86_init.oem.arch_setup();
 
-	resource_alloc_from_bottom = 0;
 	iomem_resource.end = (1ULL << boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits) - 1;
 	setup_memory_map();
 	parse_setup_data();