diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
index 633fd2f47429..cc46494787e8 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ page_pde_offset = (__PAGE_OFFSET >> 20);
 /*
  * Non-boot CPU entry point; entered from trampoline.S
  * We can't lgdt here, because lgdt itself uses a data segment, but
- * we know the trampoline has already loaded the boot_gdt_table GDT
- * for us.
+ * we know the trampoline has already loaded the boot_gdt for us.
  *
  * If cpu hotplug is not supported then this code can go in init section
  * which will be freed later
@@ -588,7 +587,7 @@ fault_msg:
 	.word 0				# 32 bit align gdt_desc.address
 boot_gdt_descr:
 	.word __BOOT_DS+7
-	.long boot_gdt_table - __PAGE_OFFSET
+	.long boot_gdt - __PAGE_OFFSET
 
 	.word 0				# 32-bit align idt_desc.address
 idt_descr:
@@ -602,11 +601,11 @@ ENTRY(early_gdt_descr)
 	.long per_cpu__cpu_gdt		/* Overwritten for secondary CPUs */
 
 /*
- * The boot_gdt_table must mirror the equivalent in setup.S and is
+ * The boot_gdt must mirror the equivalent in setup.S and is
  * used only for booting.
  */
 	.align L1_CACHE_BYTES
-ENTRY(boot_gdt_table)
+ENTRY(boot_gdt)
 	.fill GDT_ENTRY_BOOT_CS,8,0
 	.quad 0x00cf9a000000ffff	/* kernel 4GB code at 0x00000000 */
 	.quad 0x00cf92000000ffff	/* kernel 4GB data at 0x00000000 */
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S b/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S
index 2f1814c5cfd7..f62815f8d06a 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  *
  *	TYPE              VALUE
  *	R_386_32          startup_32_smp
- *	R_386_32          boot_gdt_table
+ *	R_386_32          boot_gdt
  */
 
 #include <linux/linkage.h>
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ r_base = .
 	 * to 32 bit.
 	 */
 
-	lidtl	boot_idt - r_base	# load idt with 0, 0
-	lgdtl	boot_gdt - r_base	# load gdt with whatever is appropriate
+	lidtl	boot_idt_descr - r_base	# load idt with 0, 0
+	lgdtl	boot_gdt_descr - r_base	# load gdt with whatever is appropriate
 
 	xor	%ax, %ax
 	inc	%ax		# protected mode (PE) bit
@@ -73,11 +73,11 @@ r_base = .
 
 	# These need to be in the same 64K segment as the above;
 	# hence we don't use the boot_gdt_descr defined in head.S
-boot_gdt:
+boot_gdt_descr:
 	.word	__BOOT_DS + 7			# gdt limit
-	.long	boot_gdt_table-__PAGE_OFFSET	# gdt base
+	.long	boot_gdt - __PAGE_OFFSET	# gdt base
 
-boot_idt:
+boot_idt_descr:
 	.word	0				# idt limit = 0
 	.long	0				# idt base = 0L