diff --git a/src/arch/x86/failover.ld b/src/arch/x86/failover.ld
index e9613d996e..b32aa29bef 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/failover.ld
+++ b/src/arch/x86/failover.ld
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ SECTIONS
 	/* This section might be better named .setup */
 	.rom ROMLOC : {
 		_rom = .;
-		ap_sipi_vector = .;
 		*(.rom.text);
 		*(.rom.data);
 		*(.rom.data.*);
@@ -54,9 +53,7 @@ SECTIONS
 		(CONFIG_SIPI_VECTOR_IN_ROM ? 4096 : 0);
 
 	/* Post-check proper SIPI vector. */
-	_bogus = ASSERT(!CONFIG_SIPI_VECTOR_IN_ROM || ((ap_sipi_vector & 0x0fff) == 0x0),
-		"Bad SIPI vector alignment");
-	_bogus = ASSERT(!CONFIG_SIPI_VECTOR_IN_ROM || (ap_sipi_vector == CONFIG_AP_SIPI_VECTOR),
+	_bogus = ASSERT(!CONFIG_SIPI_VECTOR_IN_ROM || (ap_sipi_vector_in_rom == 0xff),
 		"Address mismatch on AP_SIPI_VECTOR");
 
 	/DISCARD/ : {
diff --git a/src/cpu/Kconfig b/src/cpu/Kconfig
index f98ce6d0eb..6078022397 100644
--- a/src/cpu/Kconfig
+++ b/src/cpu/Kconfig
@@ -42,12 +42,6 @@ config SMP
 	  This option is used to enable certain functions to make coreboot
 	  work correctly on symmetric multi processor (SMP) systems.
 
-config AP_SIPI_VECTOR
-	hex
-	default 0xfffff000
-	help
-	  This must equal address of ap_sipi_vector from bootblock build.
-
 config	MMX
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S b/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S
index bdce514cd5..fda572d659 100644
--- a/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S
+++ b/src/cpu/intel/car/p4-netburst/cache_as_ram.S
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@
 
 /* Macro to access Local APIC registers at default base. */
 #define LAPIC(x)		$(LAPIC_DEFAULT_BASE | LAPIC_ ## x)
-#define START_IPI_VECTOR	((CONFIG_AP_SIPI_VECTOR >> 12) & 0xff)
+#if !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_C_ENVIRONMENT_BOOTBLOCK)
+/* Fixed location, ASSERTED in failover.ld if it changes. */
+.set ap_sipi_vector_in_rom, 0xff
+#endif
 
 #define CACHE_AS_RAM_SIZE CONFIG_DCACHE_RAM_SIZE
 #define CACHE_AS_RAM_BASE CONFIG_DCACHE_RAM_BASE
@@ -180,7 +183,8 @@ hyper_threading_cpu:
 
 	/* Send Start IPI to all excluding ourself. */
 	movl	LAPIC(ICR), %edi
-	movl	$(LAPIC_DEST_ALLBUT | LAPIC_DM_STARTUP | START_IPI_VECTOR), %eax
+	movl	$(LAPIC_DEST_ALLBUT | LAPIC_DM_STARTUP), %eax
+	orl	$ap_sipi_vector_in_rom, %eax
 1:	movl	%eax, (%edi)
 	movl	$0x30, %ecx
 2:	pause
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc
index 5a9739c9b9..55d9bd97e2 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@
  */
 
 #include <arch/rom_segs.h>
+
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SIPI_VECTOR_IN_ROM)
+/* Symbol _start16bit must be aligned to 4kB to start AP CPUs with
+ * Startup IPI message without RAM.
+ */
+.align 4096
+#endif
 .code16
 .globl _start16bit
 .type _start16bit, @function
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.ld b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.ld
index 112d429953..66bfbd58ca 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.ld
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.ld
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 	gdtptr16_offset = gdtptr16 & 0xffff;
 	nullidt_offset = nullidt & 0xffff;
+	ap_sipi_vector_in_rom = (_start16bit >> 12) & 0xff;