diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 3962f592633d1a7a8ab819a14c4f5ee785644463..ff7894f39e0eaa304a74007588e7d3b45f022038 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fmacro-prefix-map=$(srctree)/=)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
+# Disable relocation relaxation in case the link is not PIE.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mrelax-relocations=no)
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
 GCOV_PROFILE := n
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
index f556827dea58077a37c4c9e02031b9c2534d460c..78210793d357cf027b8a44419ec3b9447bdad98a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/i386_defconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ CONFIG_CGROUP_CPUACCT=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 CONFIG_PROFILING=y
+# CONFIG_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_X86_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/frame.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/frame.h
index 296b346184b27bba25836516f4f24ffa29694a5f..fb42659f6e98860112320225f4bc84e44f43c620 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/frame.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/frame.h
@@ -60,12 +60,26 @@
 #define FRAME_END "pop %" _ASM_BP "\n"
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+
 #define ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER			\
 	"lea 1(%rsp), %rbp\n\t"
+
+static inline unsigned long encode_frame_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return (unsigned long)regs + 1;
+}
+
 #else /* !CONFIG_X86_64 */
+
 #define ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER			\
 	"movl %esp, %ebp\n\t"			\
 	"andl $0x7fffffff, %ebp\n\t"
+
+static inline unsigned long encode_frame_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return (unsigned long)regs & 0x7fffffff;
+}
+
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_64 */
 
 #endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
@@ -83,6 +97,11 @@
 
 #define ENCODE_FRAME_POINTER
 
+static inline unsigned long encode_frame_pointer(struct pt_regs *regs)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #define FRAME_BEGIN
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
index 13ce616cc7afb7af965fde21772978bee8e07a58..ba4593a913fab3dc6f5b136470c07c02699aeefd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/process.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 #include <asm/spec-ctrl.h>
 #include <asm/io_bitmap.h>
 #include <asm/proto.h>
+#include <asm/frame.h>
 
 #include "process.h"
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ int copy_thread(unsigned long clone_flags, unsigned long sp, unsigned long arg,
 	fork_frame = container_of(childregs, struct fork_frame, regs);
 	frame = &fork_frame->frame;
 
-	frame->bp = 0;
+	frame->bp = encode_frame_pointer(childregs);
 	frame->ret_addr = (unsigned long) ret_from_fork;
 	p->thread.sp = (unsigned long) fork_frame;
 	p->thread.io_bitmap = NULL;