diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/header.S b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
index 6264bbf54fbc..7593339b529a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/header.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/header.S
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ extra_header_fields:
 	.word	0				# MinorSubsystemVersion
 	.long	0				# Win32VersionValue
 
-	.long	setup_size + ZO__end + pecompat_vsize
-						# SizeOfImage
+	.long	setup_size + ZO__end		# SizeOfImage
 
 	.long	salign				# SizeOfHeaders
 	.long	0				# CheckSum
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ section_table:
 	.ascii	".setup"
 	.byte	0
 	.byte	0
-	.long	setup_size - salign 		# VirtualSize
+	.long	pecompat_fstart - salign 	# VirtualSize
 	.long	salign				# VirtualAddress
 	.long	pecompat_fstart - salign	# SizeOfRawData
 	.long	salign				# PointerToRawData
@@ -155,8 +154,8 @@ section_table:
 #ifdef CONFIG_EFI_MIXED
 	.asciz	".compat"
 
-	.long	8				# VirtualSize
-	.long	setup_size + ZO__end		# VirtualAddress
+	.long	pecompat_fsize			# VirtualSize
+	.long	pecompat_fstart			# VirtualAddress
 	.long	pecompat_fsize			# SizeOfRawData
 	.long	pecompat_fstart			# PointerToRawData
 
@@ -171,17 +170,16 @@ section_table:
 	 * modes this image supports.
 	 */
 	.pushsection ".pecompat", "a", @progbits
-	.balign	falign
-	.set	pecompat_vsize, salign
+	.balign	salign
 	.globl	pecompat_fstart
 pecompat_fstart:
 	.byte	0x1				# Version
 	.byte	8				# Size
 	.word	IMAGE_FILE_MACHINE_I386		# PE machine type
 	.long	setup_size + ZO_efi32_pe_entry	# Entrypoint
+	.byte	0x0				# Sentinel
 	.popsection
 #else
-	.set	pecompat_vsize, 0
 	.set	pecompat_fstart, setup_size
 #endif
 	.ascii	".text"
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
index 83bb7efad8ae..3a2d1360abb0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ SECTIONS
 	.text		: { *(.text .text.*) }
 	.text32		: { *(.text32) }
 
+	.pecompat	: { *(.pecompat) }
+	PROVIDE(pecompat_fsize = setup_size - pecompat_fstart);
+
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	.rodata		: { *(.rodata*) }
 
@@ -36,9 +39,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	.data		: { *(.data*) }
 
-	.pecompat	: { *(.pecompat) }
-	PROVIDE(pecompat_fsize = setup_size - pecompat_fstart);
-
 	.signature	: {
 		setup_sig = .;
 		LONG(0x5a5aaa55)