diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
index 3eb0f79a5320..7b2d71df39a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/fixmap.h
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ enum fixed_addresses {
 #ifdef CONFIG_PARAVIRT
 	FIX_PARAVIRT_BOOTMAP,
 #endif
-	FIX_TEXT_POKE0,	/* reserve 2 pages for text_poke() */
-	FIX_TEXT_POKE1,
+	FIX_TEXT_POKE1,	/* reserve 2 pages for text_poke() */
+	FIX_TEXT_POKE0, /* first page is last, because allocation is backward */
 	__end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses,
 	/*
 	 * 256 temporary boot-time mappings, used by early_ioremap(),