diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index ffb73a5b609fe991470d9613cf5e7a9c216885a3..f67e93441caf2a892d637a54061257b1d4002828 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ is386:	movl $2,%ecx		# set MP
 	je   1f
 	movl $(__KERNEL_PERCPU), %eax
 	movl %eax,%fs		# set this cpu's percpu
-	jmp initialize_secondary # all other CPUs call initialize_secondary
+	movl (stack_start), %esp
 1:
 #endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
 	jmp *(initial_code)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
index fe2bd515d6cc822ef9c333190e9f9b28ec1ad5b0..2a0d39f3f2f1ee2e9fd1e0c3bb531159babc6de0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/smpboot.c
@@ -349,28 +349,6 @@ static void __cpuinit start_secondary(void *unused)
 	cpu_idle();
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-/*
- * Everything has been set up for the secondary
- * CPUs - they just need to reload everything
- * from the task structure
- * This function must not return.
- */
-void __devinit initialize_secondary(void)
-{
-	/*
-	 * We don't actually need to load the full TSS,
-	 * basically just the stack pointer and the ip.
-	 */
-
-	asm volatile(
-		"movl %0,%%esp\n\t"
-		"jmp *%1"
-		:
-		:"m" (current->thread.sp), "m" (current->thread.ip));
-}
-#endif
-
 static void __cpuinit smp_apply_quirks(struct cpuinfo_x86 *c)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -892,16 +870,15 @@ do_rest:
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
 	per_cpu(current_task, cpu) = c_idle.idle;
 	init_gdt(cpu);
-	c_idle.idle->thread.ip = (unsigned long) start_secondary;
 	/* Stack for startup_32 can be just as for start_secondary onwards */
 	irq_ctx_init(cpu);
 #else
 	cpu_pda(cpu)->pcurrent = c_idle.idle;
 	load_sp0(&per_cpu(init_tss, cpu), &c_idle.idle->thread);
-	initial_code = (unsigned long)start_secondary;
 	clear_tsk_thread_flag(c_idle.idle, TIF_FORK);
 #endif
 	early_gdt_descr.address = (unsigned long)get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu);
+	initial_code = (unsigned long)start_secondary;
 	stack_start.sp = (void *) c_idle.idle->thread.sp;
 
 	/* start_ip had better be page-aligned! */