diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c b/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
index 31f4670ef740289ae5fb5432c2980235f52e139b..829beec9247ea9736f246e64c0c545f95223c72b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/e820.c
@@ -825,6 +825,26 @@ void __init limit_regions(unsigned long long size)
 	print_memory_map("limit_regions endfunc");
 }
 
+/*
+ * This function checks if any part of the range <start,end> is mapped
+ * with type.
+ */
+int
+e820_any_mapped(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned type)
+{
+	int i;
+	for (i = 0; i < e820.nr_map; i++) {
+		const struct e820entry *ei = &e820.map[i];
+		if (type && ei->type != type)
+			continue;
+		if (ei->addr >= end || ei->addr + ei->size <= start)
+			continue;
+		return 1;
+	}
+	return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(e820_any_mapped);
+
  /*
   * This function checks if the entire range <start,end> is mapped with type.
   *
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c
index a490fabfcf475f50135e35c346e922822c08b126..be8965427a9369596f1f79ed18cc25cae4ead418 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/e820.c
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include <asm/bootsetup.h>
 #include <asm/sections.h>
 
-struct e820map e820 __initdata;
+struct e820map e820;
 
 /* 
  * PFN of last memory page.
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ static inline int bad_addr(unsigned long *addrp, unsigned long size)
  * This function checks if any part of the range <start,end> is mapped
  * with type.
  */
-int __meminit
+int
 e820_any_mapped(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned type)
 { 
 	int i;
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ e820_any_mapped(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned type)
 	} 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(e820_any_mapped);
 
 /*
  * This function checks if the entire range <start,end> is mapped with type.
diff --git a/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c b/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c
index 485720486d600931dd526d5ff6415d1f19886bb9..c9f0f250d78ff774a0608d393222ec7c6ce689ba 100644
--- a/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c
+++ b/drivers/char/agp/amd64-agp.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/agp_backend.h>
 #include <linux/mmzone.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>		/* PAGE_SIZE */
+#include <asm/e820.h>
 #include <asm/k8.h>
 #include "agp.h"
 
@@ -259,7 +260,6 @@ static const struct agp_bridge_driver amd_8151_driver = {
 /* Some basic sanity checks for the aperture. */
 static int __devinit aperture_valid(u64 aper, u32 size)
 {
-	u32 pfn, c;
 	if (aper == 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "No aperture\n");
 		return 0;
@@ -272,14 +272,9 @@ static int __devinit aperture_valid(u64 aper, u32 size)
 		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Aperture out of bounds\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
-	pfn = aper >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	for (c = 0; c < size/PAGE_SIZE; c++) {
-		if (!pfn_valid(pfn + c))
-			break;
-		if (!PageReserved(pfn_to_page(pfn + c))) {
-			printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Aperture pointing to RAM\n");
-			return 0;
-		}
+	if (e820_any_mapped(aper, aper + size, E820_RAM)) {
+		printk(KERN_ERR PFX "Aperture pointing to RAM\n");
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	/* Request the Aperture. This catches cases when someone else
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/e820.h b/include/asm-i386/e820.h
index c5b8fc6109d6cc0bc4214a347cc2c7583cbe0029..096a2a8eb1da6d8ef5df6da452a226a13f4f5798 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/e820.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/e820.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ extern struct e820map e820;
 
 extern int e820_all_mapped(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
 			   unsigned type);
+extern int e820_any_mapped(u64 start, u64 end, unsigned type);
 extern void find_max_pfn(void);
 extern void register_bootmem_low_pages(unsigned long max_low_pfn);
 extern void e820_register_memory(void);