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diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
index 58d2746670b7..5884469f6bfe 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
@@ -504,10 +504,14 @@ ENTRY(cpu_gdt_table)
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0x80 TSS descriptor */
.quad 0x0000000000000000 /* 0x88 LDT descriptor */
- /* Segments used for calling PnP BIOS have byte granularity */
- .quad 0x00409a0000000000 /* 0x90 32-bit code */
- .quad 0x00009a0000000000 /* 0x98 16-bit code */
- .quad 0x0000920000000000 /* 0xa0 16-bit data */
+ /*
+ * Segments used for calling PnP BIOS have byte granularity.
+ * They code segments and data segments have fixed 64k limits,
+ * the transfer segment sizes are set at run time.
+ */
+ .quad 0x00409a000000ffff /* 0x90 32-bit code */
+ .quad 0x00009a000000ffff /* 0x98 16-bit code */
+ .quad 0x000092000000ffff /* 0xa0 16-bit data */
.quad 0x0000920000000000 /* 0xa8 16-bit data */
.quad 0x0000920000000000 /* 0xb0 16-bit data */
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