diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index c5399e80c59c..c92029651b85 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -999,7 +999,15 @@ void __init e820__reserve_setup_data(void)
 	while (pa_data) {
 		data = early_memremap(pa_data, sizeof(*data));
 		e820__range_update(pa_data, sizeof(*data)+data->len, E820_TYPE_RAM, E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN);
-		e820__range_update_kexec(pa_data, sizeof(*data)+data->len, E820_TYPE_RAM, E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN);
+
+		/*
+		 * SETUP_EFI is supplied by kexec and does not need to be
+		 * reserved.
+		 */
+		if (data->type != SETUP_EFI)
+			e820__range_update_kexec(pa_data,
+						 sizeof(*data) + data->len,
+						 E820_TYPE_RAM, E820_TYPE_RESERVED_KERN);
 
 		if (data->type == SETUP_INDIRECT &&
 		    ((struct setup_indirect *)data->data)->type != SETUP_INDIRECT) {