diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c b/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
index f391abc..8b8741f 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
@@ -156,29 +156,31 @@ static struct resource standard_io_resou
 	.flags	= IORESOURCE_BUSY | IORESOURCE_IO
 } };
 
-static int romsignature(const unsigned char *x)
+#define ROMSIGNATURE 0xaa55
+
+static int __init romsignature(const unsigned char *rom)
 {
+	const unsigned short * const ptr = (const unsigned short *)rom;
 	unsigned short sig;
-	int ret = 0;
-	if (probe_kernel_address((const unsigned short *)x, sig) == 0)
-		ret = (sig == 0xaa55);
-	return ret;
+	
+	return probe_kernel_address(ptr, sig) == 0 && sig == ROMSIGNATURE;
 }
 
-static int __init romchecksum(unsigned char *rom, unsigned long length)
+static int __init romchecksum(const unsigned char *rom, unsigned long length)
 {
-	unsigned char *p, sum = 0;
+	unsigned char sum, c;
 
-	for (p = rom; p < rom + length; p++)
-		sum += *p;
-	return sum == 0;
+	for (sum = 0; length && probe_kernel_address(rom++, c) == 0; length--)
+		sum += c;
+	return !length && !sum;
 }
 
 static void __init probe_roms(void)
 {
+	const unsigned char *rom;
 	unsigned long start, length, upper;
-	unsigned char *rom;
-	int	      i;
+	unsigned char c;
+	int i;
 
 	/* video rom */
 	upper = adapter_rom_resources[0].start;
@@ -189,8 +191,11 @@ static void __init probe_roms(void)
 
 		video_rom_resource.start = start;
 
+		if (probe_kernel_address(rom + 2, c) != 0)
+			continue;
+
 		/* 0 < length <= 0x7f * 512, historically */
-		length = rom[2] * 512;
+		length = c * 512;
 
 		/* if checksum okay, trust length byte */
 		if (length && romchecksum(rom, length))
@@ -224,8 +229,11 @@ static void __init probe_roms(void)
 		if (!romsignature(rom))
 			continue;
 
+		if (probe_kernel_address(rom + 2, c) != 0)
+			continue;
+
 		/* 0 < length <= 0x7f * 512, historically */
-		length = rom[2] * 512;
+		length = c * 512;
 
 		/* but accept any length that fits if checksum okay */
 		if (!length || start + length > upper || !romchecksum(rom, length))