diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
index 6c8a6ead84f6..953d3199408a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/x86_init.h
@@ -31,12 +31,15 @@ struct x86_init_mpparse {
  *				platform
  * @memory_setup:		platform specific memory setup
  * @dmi_setup:			platform specific DMI setup
+ * @realmode_limit:		platform specific address limit for the real mode trampoline
+ *				(default 1M)
  */
 struct x86_init_resources {
 	void (*probe_roms)(void);
 	void (*reserve_resources)(void);
 	char *(*memory_setup)(void);
 	void (*dmi_setup)(void);
+	unsigned long realmode_limit;
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
index ebefb77c37bb..252c5827d063 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/x86_init.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/pci.h>
 #include <linux/acpi.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
 
 #include <asm/acpi.h>
 #include <asm/bios_ebda.h>
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ struct x86_init_ops x86_init __initdata = {
 		.reserve_resources	= reserve_standard_io_resources,
 		.memory_setup		= e820__memory_setup_default,
 		.dmi_setup		= dmi_setup,
+		/* Has to be under 1M so we can execute real-mode AP code. */
+		.realmode_limit		= SZ_1M,
 	},
 
 	.mpparse = {
diff --git a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
index 88be32026768..694d80a5c68e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/realmode/init.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void load_trampoline_pgtable(void)
 
 void __init reserve_real_mode(void)
 {
-	phys_addr_t mem;
+	phys_addr_t mem, limit = x86_init.resources.realmode_limit;
 	size_t size = real_mode_size_needed();
 
 	if (!size)
@@ -54,10 +54,9 @@ void __init reserve_real_mode(void)
 
 	WARN_ON(slab_is_available());
 
-	/* Has to be under 1M so we can execute real-mode AP code. */
-	mem = memblock_phys_alloc_range(size, PAGE_SIZE, 0, 1<<20);
+	mem = memblock_phys_alloc_range(size, PAGE_SIZE, 0, limit);
 	if (!mem)
-		pr_info("No sub-1M memory is available for the trampoline\n");
+		pr_info("No memory below %pa for the real-mode trampoline\n", &limit);
 	else
 		set_real_mode_mem(mem);