diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
index 02fc7fa..0cddcc0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head.S
@@ -192,7 +192,8 @@
 	movq	initial_code(%rip),%rax
 	jmp	*%rax
 
-	/* SMP bootup changes these two */	
+	/* SMP bootup changes these two */
+	.align	8
 	.globl	initial_code
 initial_code:
 	.quad	x86_64_start_kernel
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@
 .org 0xf00
 	.globl pGDT32
 pGDT32:
-	.word	gdt_end-cpu_gdt_table
+	.word	gdt_end-cpu_gdt_table-1
 	.long	cpu_gdt_table-__START_KERNEL_map
 
 .org 0xf10	
@@ -293,8 +294,6 @@
 	/* Module mapping starts here */
 	.fill	492,8,0
 
-NEXT_PAGE(empty_zero_page)
-
 NEXT_PAGE(level3_physmem_pgt)
 	.quad	phys_level2_kernel_pgt | 0x007	/* so that __va works even before pagetable_init */
 	.fill	511,8,0
@@ -337,7 +336,7 @@
 	.align 16
 	.globl cpu_gdt_descr
 cpu_gdt_descr:
-	.word	gdt_end-cpu_gdt_table
+	.word	gdt_end-cpu_gdt_table-1
 gdt:
 	.quad	cpu_gdt_table
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
@@ -352,7 +351,8 @@
  * Also sysret mandates a special GDT layout 
  */
 		 		
-.align PAGE_SIZE
+	.section .data.page_aligned, "aw"
+	.align PAGE_SIZE
 
 /* The TLS descriptors are currently at a different place compared to i386.
    Hopefully nobody expects them at a fixed place (Wine?) */
@@ -378,9 +378,12 @@
 	/* zero the remaining page */
 	.fill PAGE_SIZE / 8 - GDT_ENTRIES,8,0
 
-ENTRY(idt_table)	
-	.rept   256
-	.quad   0
-	.quad 	0
-	.endr
+	.section .bss, "aw", @nobits
+	.align L1_CACHE_BYTES
+ENTRY(idt_table)
+	.skip 256 * 16
 
+	.section .bss.page_aligned, "aw", @nobits
+	.align PAGE_SIZE
+ENTRY(empty_zero_page)
+	.skip PAGE_SIZE
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
index 0445878..356b462 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 struct x8664_pda *_cpu_pda[NR_CPUS] __read_mostly;
 struct x8664_pda boot_cpu_pda[NR_CPUS] __cacheline_aligned;
 
-struct desc_ptr idt_descr = { 256 * 16, (unsigned long) idt_table }; 
+struct desc_ptr idt_descr = { 256 * 16 - 1, (unsigned long) idt_table };
 
 char boot_cpu_stack[IRQSTACKSIZE] __attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
 
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
index 05dbbf4..7b14830 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/traps.c
@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@
 #include <asm/proto.h>
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
 
-extern struct gate_struct idt_table[256]; 
-
 asmlinkage void divide_error(void);
 asmlinkage void debug(void);
 asmlinkage void nmi(void);