diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 0fcd9133790c..14fe7cba21d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -75,8 +75,10 @@ suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)	:= xz
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZO) 	:= lzo
 suffix-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_LZ4) 	:= lz4
 
+RUN_SIZE = $(shell objdump -h vmlinux | \
+	     perl $(srctree)/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl)
 quiet_cmd_mkpiggy = MKPIGGY $@
-      cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )
+      cmd_mkpiggy = $(obj)/mkpiggy $< $(RUN_SIZE) > $@ || ( rm -f $@ ; false )
 
 targets += piggy.S
 $(obj)/piggy.S: $(obj)/vmlinux.bin.$(suffix-y) $(obj)/mkpiggy FORCE
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
index f45ab7a36fb6..c5b56ed10aff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_32.S
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ relocated:
  * Do the decompression, and jump to the new kernel..
  */
 				/* push arguments for decompress_kernel: */
-	pushl	$z_output_len	/* decompressed length */
+	pushl	$z_run_size	/* size of kernel with .bss and .brk */
+	pushl	$z_output_len	/* decompressed length, end of relocs */
 	leal	z_extract_offset_negative(%ebx), %ebp
 	pushl	%ebp		/* output address */
 	pushl	$z_input_len	/* input_len */
@@ -196,7 +197,7 @@ relocated:
 	pushl	%eax		/* heap area */
 	pushl	%esi		/* real mode pointer */
 	call	decompress_kernel /* returns kernel location in %eax */
-	addl	$24, %esp
+	addl	$28, %esp
 
 /*
  * Jump to the decompressed kernel.
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
index b10fa66a2540..34bbc0911b7c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.S
@@ -334,13 +334,16 @@ relocated:
  * Do the decompression, and jump to the new kernel..
  */
 	pushq	%rsi			/* Save the real mode argument */
+	movq	$z_run_size, %r9	/* size of kernel with .bss and .brk */
+	pushq	%r9
 	movq	%rsi, %rdi		/* real mode address */
 	leaq	boot_heap(%rip), %rsi	/* malloc area for uncompression */
 	leaq	input_data(%rip), %rdx  /* input_data */
 	movl	$z_input_len, %ecx	/* input_len */
 	movq	%rbp, %r8		/* output target address */
-	movq	$z_output_len, %r9	/* decompressed length */
+	movq	$z_output_len, %r9	/* decompressed length, end of relocs */
 	call	decompress_kernel	/* returns kernel location in %rax */
+	popq	%r9
 	popq	%rsi
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
index 196eaf373a06..eb25ca1eb6da 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ asmlinkage void *decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 				  unsigned char *input_data,
 				  unsigned long input_len,
 				  unsigned char *output,
-				  unsigned long output_len)
+				  unsigned long output_len,
+				  unsigned long run_size)
 {
 	real_mode = rmode;
 
@@ -416,8 +417,14 @@ asmlinkage void *decompress_kernel(void *rmode, memptr heap,
 	free_mem_ptr     = heap;	/* Heap */
 	free_mem_end_ptr = heap + BOOT_HEAP_SIZE;
 
-	output = choose_kernel_location(input_data, input_len,
-					output, output_len);
+	/*
+	 * The memory hole needed for the kernel is the larger of either
+	 * the entire decompressed kernel plus relocation table, or the
+	 * entire decompressed kernel plus .bss and .brk sections.
+	 */
+	output = choose_kernel_location(input_data, input_len, output,
+					output_len > run_size ? output_len
+							      : run_size);
 
 	/* Validate memory location choices. */
 	if ((unsigned long)output & (MIN_KERNEL_ALIGN - 1))
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
index b669ab65bf6c..d8222f213182 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/mkpiggy.c
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	uint32_t olen;
 	long ilen;
 	unsigned long offs;
+	unsigned long run_size;
 	FILE *f = NULL;
 	int retval = 1;
 
-	if (argc < 2) {
-		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s compressed_file\n", argv[0]);
+	if (argc < 3) {
+		fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s compressed_file run_size\n",
+				argv[0]);
 		goto bail;
 	}
 
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	offs += olen >> 12;	/* Add 8 bytes for each 32K block */
 	offs += 64*1024 + 128;	/* Add 64K + 128 bytes slack */
 	offs = (offs+4095) & ~4095; /* Round to a 4K boundary */
+	run_size = atoi(argv[2]);
 
 	printf(".section \".rodata..compressed\",\"a\",@progbits\n");
 	printf(".globl z_input_len\n");
@@ -85,6 +88,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	/* z_extract_offset_negative allows simplification of head_32.S */
 	printf(".globl z_extract_offset_negative\n");
 	printf("z_extract_offset_negative = -0x%lx\n", offs);
+	printf(".globl z_run_size\n");
+	printf("z_run_size = %lu\n", run_size);
 
 	printf(".globl input_data, input_data_end\n");
 	printf("input_data:\n");
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl b/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0b0b124d3ece
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/calc_run_size.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Calculate the amount of space needed to run the kernel, including room for
+# the .bss and .brk sections.
+#
+# Usage:
+# objdump -h a.out | perl calc_run_size.pl
+use strict;
+
+my $mem_size = 0;
+my $file_offset = 0;
+
+my $sections=" *[0-9]+ \.(?:bss|brk) +";
+while (<>) {
+	if (/^$sections([0-9a-f]+) +(?:[0-9a-f]+ +){2}([0-9a-f]+)/) {
+		my $size = hex($1);
+		my $offset = hex($2);
+		$mem_size += $size;
+		if ($file_offset == 0) {
+			$file_offset = $offset;
+		} elsif ($file_offset != $offset) {
+			die ".bss and .brk lack common file offset\n";
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+if ($file_offset == 0) {
+	die "Never found .bss or .brk file offset\n";
+}
+printf("%d\n", $mem_size + $file_offset);