diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
index a0dec39abeaabbd66cb439418e5a0e9ab9ae44c0..e5c1733e594b0a4b2be7ae7f0f1849433382aedd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
@@ -42,6 +42,13 @@ _x86boot_start:
 
 	/* Tell 32-bit code it is being entered from an in-RAM copy */
 	movl	$GD_FLG_WARM_BOOT, %ebx
+
+	/*
+	 * Zero the BIST (Built-In Self Test) value since we don't have it.
+	 * It must be 0 or the previous loader would have reported an error.
+	 */
+	movl	$0, %ebp
+
 	jmp	1f
 
 	/* Add a way for tools to discover the _start entry point */
@@ -53,9 +60,13 @@ _start:
 	 * Set %ebx to GD_FLG_COLD_BOOT to indicate this.
 	 */
 	movl	$GD_FLG_COLD_BOOT, %ebx
-1:
+
 	/* Save BIST */
 	movl	%eax, %ebp
+1:
+
+	/* Save table pointer */
+	movl	%ecx, %esi
 
 	/* Load the segement registers to match the GDT loaded in start16.S */
 	movl	$(X86_GDT_ENTRY_32BIT_DS * X86_GDT_ENTRY_SIZE), %eax
@@ -133,7 +144,13 @@ car_init_ret:
 	movl	%esi, (%edx)
 
 skip_hob:
+#else
+	/* Store table pointer */
+	movl	%esp, %edx
+	addl	$GD_TABLE, %edx
+	movl	%esi, (%edx)
 #endif
+
 	/* Setup first parameter to setup_gdt, pointer to global_data */
 	movl	%esp, %eax
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
index 80ebe3eb7bc26849924aa4305825f0fcb5f4d557..f7e3889df07ef4a25181675bb5b3dd14b0dbe79b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/global_data.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ struct arch_global_data {
 	char *mrc_output;
 	unsigned int mrc_output_len;
 	void *gdt;			/* Global descriptor table */
+	ulong table;			/* Table pointer from previous loader */
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/asm-offsets.c b/arch/x86/lib/asm-offsets.c
index 70ccf1b0b041cb2afd17adce8bfc7beab8501629..9da04dd875927deedbd940330ca636991f7cd516 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/asm-offsets.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/asm-offsets.c
@@ -21,5 +21,6 @@ int main(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FSP
 	DEFINE(GD_HOB_LIST, offsetof(gd_t, arch.hob_list));
 #endif
+	DEFINE(GD_TABLE, offsetof(gd_t, arch.table));
 	return 0;
 }