diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index 7b7685b..b45255b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ void __init e820_print_map(char *who)
 		       (e820.map[i].addr + e820.map[i].size));
 		switch (e820.map[i].type) {
 		case E820_RAM:
+		case E820_RESERVED_KERN:
 			printk(KERN_CONT "(usable)\n");
 			break;
 		case E820_RESERVED:
@@ -611,7 +612,7 @@ void __init e820_mark_nosave_regions(unsigned long limit_pfn)
 			register_nosave_region(pfn, PFN_UP(ei->addr));
 
 		pfn = PFN_DOWN(ei->addr + ei->size);
-		if (ei->type != E820_RAM)
+		if (ei->type != E820_RAM && ei->type != E820_RESERVED_KERN)
 			register_nosave_region(PFN_UP(ei->addr), pfn);
 
 		if (pfn >= limit_pfn)
@@ -1196,6 +1197,7 @@ void __init e820_reserve_resources(void)
 	res = alloc_bootmem_low(sizeof(struct resource) * e820.nr_map);
 	for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
 		switch (e820.map[i].type) {
+		case E820_RESERVED_KERN:
 		case E820_RAM:	res->name = "System RAM"; break;
 		case E820_ACPI:	res->name = "ACPI Tables"; break;
 		case E820_NVS:	res->name = "ACPI Non-volatile Storage"; break;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head.c
index a6816be..3e66bd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head.c
@@ -53,21 +53,3 @@ void __init reserve_ebda_region(void)
 	/* reserve all memory between lowmem and the 1MB mark */
 	reserve_early_overlap_ok(lowmem, 0x100000, "BIOS reserved");
 }
-
-void __init reserve_setup_data(void)
-{
-	struct setup_data *data;
-	u64 pa_data;
-	char buf[32];
-
-	if (boot_params.hdr.version < 0x0209)
-		return;
-	pa_data = boot_params.hdr.setup_data;
-	while (pa_data) {
-		data = early_ioremap(pa_data, sizeof(*data));
-		sprintf(buf, "setup data %x", data->type);
-		reserve_early(pa_data, pa_data+sizeof(*data)+data->len, buf);
-		pa_data = data->next;
-		early_iounmap(data, sizeof(*data));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index c970929..2ff9bc6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 #endif
 
 	reserve_ebda_region();
-	reserve_setup_data();
 
 	/*
 	 * At this point everything still needed from the boot loader
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index bf528b2..e9ce633 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -389,14 +389,33 @@ static void __init parse_setup_data(void)
 		default:
 			break;
 		}
-#ifndef CONFIG_DEBUG_BOOT_PARAMS
-		free_early(pa_data, pa_data+sizeof(*data)+data->len);
-#endif
 		pa_data = data->next;
 		early_iounmap(data, PAGE_SIZE);
 	}
 }
 
+static void __init reserve_setup_data(void)
+{
+	struct setup_data *data;
+	u64 pa_data;
+	char buf[32];
+
+	if (boot_params.hdr.version < 0x0209)
+		return;
+	pa_data = boot_params.hdr.setup_data;
+	while (pa_data) {
+		data = early_ioremap(pa_data, sizeof(*data));
+		sprintf(buf, "setup data %x", data->type);
+		e820_update_range(pa_data, sizeof(*data)+data->len,
+			 E820_RAM, E820_RESERVED_KERN);
+		pa_data = data->next;
+		early_iounmap(data, sizeof(*data));
+	}
+	sanitize_e820_map(e820.map, ARRAY_SIZE(e820.map), &e820.nr_map);
+	printk(KERN_INFO "extended physical RAM map:\n");
+	e820_print_map("extended");
+}
+
 /*
  * --------- Crashkernel reservation ------------------------------
  */
@@ -640,6 +659,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	 */
 	max_pfn = e820_end_of_ram();
 
+	reserve_setup_data();
+
 	/* preallocate 4k for mptable mpc */
 	early_reserve_e820_mpc_new();
 	/* update e820 for memory not covered by WB MTRRs */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h b/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
index 6eeba3b..ae22bdf 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/bootparam.h
@@ -108,6 +108,4 @@ struct boot_params {
 	__u8  _pad9[276];				/* 0xeec */
 } __attribute__((packed));
 
-void reserve_setup_data(void);
-
 #endif /* _ASM_BOOTPARAM_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/e820.h b/include/asm-x86/e820.h
index f622685..45e904f 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/e820.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/e820.h
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 #define E820_ACPI	3
 #define E820_NVS	4
 
+/* reserved RAM used by kernel itself */
+#define E820_RESERVED_KERN        128
+
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 struct e820entry {
 	__u64 addr;	/* start of memory segment */