diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
index f2453eb38417..b35f74e58dd7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S
@@ -72,14 +72,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(startup_64)
 
 	/* Setup GSBASE to allow stack canary access for C code */
 	movl	$MSR_GS_BASE, %ecx
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	leaq	__per_cpu_load(%rip), %rdx
-	movl	%edx, %eax
-	shrq	$32,  %rdx
-#else
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	xorl	%edx, %edx
-#endif
 	wrmsr
 
 	call	startup_64_setup_env
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
index 2c97bf7b56ae..8707dd07b9ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_percpu.c
@@ -23,18 +23,10 @@
 #include <asm/cpumask.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-#define BOOT_PERCPU_OFFSET ((unsigned long)__per_cpu_load)
-#else
-#define BOOT_PERCPU_OFFSET 0
-#endif
-
-DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(unsigned long, this_cpu_off) = BOOT_PERCPU_OFFSET;
+DEFINE_PER_CPU_READ_MOSTLY(unsigned long, this_cpu_off);
 EXPORT_PER_CPU_SYMBOL(this_cpu_off);
 
-unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS] __ro_after_init = {
-	[0 ... NR_CPUS-1] = BOOT_PERCPU_OFFSET,
-};
+unsigned long __per_cpu_offset[NR_CPUS] __ro_after_init;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__per_cpu_offset);
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index c87dc8de2084..8d8eb4d9ff9d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -102,12 +102,6 @@ jiffies = jiffies_64;
 PHDRS {
 	text PT_LOAD FLAGS(5);          /* R_E */
 	data PT_LOAD FLAGS(6);          /* RW_ */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	percpu PT_LOAD FLAGS(6);        /* RW_ */
-#endif
-	init PT_LOAD FLAGS(7);          /* RWE */
-#endif
 	note PT_NOTE FLAGS(0);          /* ___ */
 }
 
@@ -223,21 +217,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		__init_begin = .; /* paired with __init_end */
 	}
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-	/*
-	 * percpu offsets are zero-based on SMP.  PERCPU_VADDR() changes the
-	 * output PHDR, so the next output section - .init.text - should
-	 * start another segment - init.
-	 */
-	PERCPU_VADDR(INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES, 0, :percpu)
-	ASSERT(SIZEOF(.data..percpu) < CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START,
-	       "per-CPU data too large - increase CONFIG_PHYSICAL_START")
-#endif
-
 	INIT_TEXT_SECTION(PAGE_SIZE)
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	:init
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Section for code used exclusively before alternatives are run. All
@@ -367,9 +347,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		EXIT_DATA
 	}
 
-#if !defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || !defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	PERCPU_SECTION(INTERNODE_CACHE_BYTES)
-#endif
 
 	. = ALIGN(PAGE_SIZE);
 
@@ -507,7 +485,7 @@ SECTIONS
  * Per-cpu symbols which need to be offset from __per_cpu_load
  * for the boot processor.
  */
-#define INIT_PER_CPU(x) init_per_cpu__##x = ABSOLUTE(x) + __per_cpu_load
+#define INIT_PER_CPU(x) init_per_cpu__##x = ABSOLUTE(x)
 INIT_PER_CPU(gdt_page);
 INIT_PER_CPU(irq_stack_backing_store);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
index 3ccd9d4fcf9c..01efbfdd3eb3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/tools/relocs.c
@@ -815,12 +815,7 @@ static void percpu_init(void)
  */
 static int is_percpu_sym(ElfW(Sym) *sym, const char *symname)
 {
-	int shndx = sym_index(sym);
-
-	return (shndx == per_cpu_shndx) &&
-		strcmp(symname, "__init_begin") &&
-		strcmp(symname, "__per_cpu_load") &&
-		strncmp(symname, "init_per_cpu_", 13);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 
@@ -1043,7 +1038,8 @@ static int cmp_relocs(const void *va, const void *vb)
 
 static void sort_relocs(struct relocs *r)
 {
-	qsort(r->offset, r->count, sizeof(r->offset[0]), cmp_relocs);
+	if (r->count)
+		qsort(r->offset, r->count, sizeof(r->offset[0]), cmp_relocs);
 }
 
 static int write32(uint32_t v, FILE *f)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S b/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
index 9ce0d9d268bb..c1d9c92b417a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/xen-head.S
@@ -57,14 +57,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START(startup_xen)
 	 * the per cpu areas are set up.
 	 */
 	movl	$MSR_GS_BASE,%ecx
-#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
-	leaq	__per_cpu_load(%rip), %rdx
-	movl	%edx, %eax
-	shrq	$32, %rdx
-#else
 	xorl	%eax, %eax
 	xorl	%edx, %edx
-#endif
 	wrmsr
 
 	mov	%rsi, %rdi
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 6d35728b94b2..1af31b23e376 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1718,7 +1718,7 @@ config KALLSYMS_ALL
 config KALLSYMS_ABSOLUTE_PERCPU
 	bool
 	depends on KALLSYMS
-	default X86_64 && SMP
+	default n
 
 config KALLSYMS_BASE_RELATIVE
 	bool
