diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
index 8ac4db09610a..70f1bb808a20 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void pda_init(int cpu)
 	pda->irqstackptr += IRQSTACKSIZE-64;
 } 
 
-char boot_exception_stacks[(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 2) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ + DEBUG_STKSZ]
+char boot_exception_stacks[(N_EXCEPTION_STACKS - 1) * EXCEPTION_STKSZ + DEBUG_STKSZ]
 __attribute__((section(".bss.page_aligned")));
 
 /* May not be marked __init: used by software suspend */