diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index 5e4d8a8a5c40..e1aabdb314c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -512,21 +512,6 @@ ENTRY(phys_base)
 
 #include "../../x86/xen/xen-head.S"
 	
-	.section .bss, "aw", @nobits
-	.align L1_CACHE_BYTES
-ENTRY(idt_table)
-	.skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16
-
-	.align L1_CACHE_BYTES
-ENTRY(debug_idt_table)
-	.skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
-	.align L1_CACHE_BYTES
-ENTRY(trace_idt_table)
-	.skip IDT_ENTRIES * 16
-#endif
-
 	__PAGE_ALIGNED_BSS
 NEXT_PAGE(empty_zero_page)
 	.skip PAGE_SIZE
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
index 4e584a8d6edd..1c113db9ed57 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tracepoint.c
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ atomic_t trace_idt_ctr = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 struct desc_ptr trace_idt_descr = { NR_VECTORS * 16 - 1,
 				(unsigned long) trace_idt_table };
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86_64
-gate_desc trace_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data
-					= { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
-#endif
+/* No need to be aligned, but done to keep all IDTs defined the same way. */
+gate_desc trace_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss;
 
 static int trace_irq_vector_refcount;
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(irq_vector_mutex);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
index b0865e88d3cc..1b23a1c92746 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/traps.c
@@ -63,19 +63,19 @@
 #include <asm/x86_init.h>
 #include <asm/pgalloc.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
+
+/* No need to be aligned, but done to keep all IDTs defined the same way. */
+gate_desc debug_idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss;
 #else
 #include <asm/processor-flags.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 
 asmlinkage int system_call(void);
-
-/*
- * The IDT has to be page-aligned to simplify the Pentium
- * F0 0F bug workaround.
- */
-gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_data = { { { { 0, 0 } } }, };
 #endif
 
+/* Must be page-aligned because the real IDT is used in a fixmap. */
+gate_desc idt_table[NR_VECTORS] __page_aligned_bss;
+
 DECLARE_BITMAP(used_vectors, NR_VECTORS);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(used_vectors);