diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
index ed8ec011a9fd..58cfd5bd209a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -94,27 +94,19 @@ extern unsigned long _brk_end;
 void *extend_brk(size_t size, size_t align);
 
 /*
- * Reserve space in the brk section.  The name must be unique within
- * the file, and somewhat descriptive.  The size is in bytes.  Must be
- * used at file scope.
+ * Reserve space in the brk section.  The name must be unique within the file,
+ * and somewhat descriptive.  The size is in bytes.
  *
- * (This uses a temp function to wrap the asm so we can pass it the
- * size parameter; otherwise we wouldn't be able to.  We can't use a
- * "section" attribute on a normal variable because it always ends up
- * being @progbits, which ends up allocating space in the vmlinux
- * executable.)
+ * The allocation is done using inline asm (rather than using a section
+ * attribute on a normal variable) in order to allow the use of @nobits, so
+ * that it doesn't take up any space in the vmlinux file.
  */
-#define RESERVE_BRK(name,sz)						\
-	static void __section(.discard.text) __used notrace		\
-	__brk_reservation_fn_##name##__(void) {				\
-		asm volatile (						\
-			".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits;" \
-			".brk." #name ":"				\
-			" 1:.skip %c0;"					\
-			" .size .brk." #name ", . - 1b;"		\
-			" .popsection"					\
-			: : "i" (sz));					\
-	}
+#define RESERVE_BRK(name, size)						\
+	asm(".pushsection .brk_reservation,\"aw\",@nobits\n\t"		\
+	    ".brk." #name ":\n\t"					\
+	    ".skip " __stringify(size) "\n\t"				\
+	    ".size .brk." #name ", " __stringify(size) "\n\t"		\
+	    ".popsection\n\t")
 
 /* Helper for reserving space for arrays of things */
 #define RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(type, name, entries)		\