diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index 01d628ea3402..c6c4b877f3d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -49,16 +49,17 @@
  * Position Independent Executable (PIE) so that linker won't optimize
  * R_386_GOT32X relocation to its fixed symbol address.  Older
  * linkers generate R_386_32 relocations against locally defined symbols,
- * _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot, in PIE.  It isn't wrong, just less
+ * _bss, _ebss, _got, _egot and _end, in PIE.  It isn't wrong, just less
  * optimal than R_386_RELATIVE.  But the x86 kernel fails to properly handle
  * R_386_32 relocations when relocating the kernel.  To generate
- * R_386_RELATIVE relocations, we mark _bss, _ebss, _got and _egot as
+ * R_386_RELATIVE relocations, we mark _bss, _ebss, _got, _egot and _end as
  * hidden:
  */
 	.hidden _bss
 	.hidden _ebss
 	.hidden _got
 	.hidden _egot
+	.hidden _end
 
 	__HEAD
 ENTRY(startup_32)
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index a25127916e67..7ab1c6bcc66a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 	.hidden _ebss
 	.hidden _got
 	.hidden _egot
+	.hidden _end
 
 	__HEAD
 	.code32