.Lstartup_init:
            .long startup_init
 
-       .globl ipl_schib
-ipl_schib:
-       .rept 13
-       .long 0
-       .endr
-
-       .globl ipl_flags
-ipl_flags:
-       .long 0
-       .globl ipl_devno
-ipl_devno:
-       .word 0
-
        .org    0x12000
+       .globl  _ehead
+_ehead:
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL
        .org    0x100000
 #endif
 
 .Lparmaddr:
        .quad   PARMAREA
 
-       .globl  ipl_schib
-ipl_schib:
-       .rept 13
-       .long 0
-       .endr
-
-       .globl  ipl_flags
-ipl_flags:
-       .long   0
-       .globl  ipl_devno
-ipl_devno:
-       .word 0
-
        .org    0x12000
-
+       .globl  _ehead
+_ehead:
 #ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL
        .org    0x100000
 #endif
 
 #define IPL_FCP_STR     "fcp"
 #define IPL_NSS_STR     "nss"
 
+/*
+ * Must be in data section since the bss section
+ * is not cleared when these are accessed.
+ */
+u16 ipl_devno __attribute__((__section__(".data"))) = 0;
+u32 ipl_flags __attribute__((__section__(".data"))) = 0;
+
 static char *ipl_type_str(enum ipl_type type)
 {
        switch (type) {
 
        psw_set_key(PAGE_DEFAULT_KEY);
 
        free_bootmem_with_active_regions(0, max_pfn);
-       reserve_bootmem(0, PFN_PHYS(start_pfn));
 
+       /*
+        * Reserve memory used for lowcore/command line/kernel image.
+        */
+       reserve_bootmem(0, (unsigned long)_ehead);
+       reserve_bootmem((unsigned long)_stext,
+                       PFN_PHYS(start_pfn) - (unsigned long)_stext);
        /*
         * Reserve the bootmem bitmap itself as well. We do this in two
         * steps (first step was init_bootmem()) because this catches
 
        do_reipl_asm(*((__u32*)&schid));
 }
 
-extern struct schib ipl_schib;
+static struct schib __initdata ipl_schib;
 
 /*
  * ipl_save_parameters gets called very early. It is not allowed to access
 
 
 #include <asm-generic/sections.h>
 
-extern char _eshared[];
+extern char _eshared[], _ehead[];
 
 #endif