diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
index 0149e41d42c270c2a9337f2890e698c9870eb33c..3da1c37c6dd533a9591168cc00e1c2211fb5211f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/setup.ld
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = ALIGN(16);
 	_end = .;
 
-	/DISCARD/ : { *(.note*) }
+	/DISCARD/	: {
+		*(.eh_frame)
+		*(.note*)
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * The ASSERT() sink to . is intentional, for binutils 2.14 compatibility:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c b/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c
index 01f0e2263b86b2b7f87df7e09f03f69229e0db2f..298fc1edd9c9521ca976810aba3775dfa5dbaaf7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/sysfb_simplefb.c
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@ __init int create_simplefb(const struct screen_info *si,
 	if (si->orig_video_isVGA == VIDEO_TYPE_VLFB)
 		size <<= 16;
 	length = mode->height * mode->stride;
-	length = PAGE_ALIGN(length);
 	if (length > size) {
 		printk(KERN_WARNING "sysfb: VRAM smaller than advertised\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
+	length = PAGE_ALIGN(length);
 
 	/* setup IORESOURCE_MEM as framebuffer memory */
 	memset(&res, 0, sizeof(res));