diff --git a/src/arch/i386/boot/linuxbios_table.c b/src/arch/i386/boot/linuxbios_table.c
index 402f7f90e0..f1be49bbc6 100644
--- a/src/arch/i386/boot/linuxbios_table.c
+++ b/src/arch/i386/boot/linuxbios_table.c
@@ -382,8 +382,9 @@ unsigned long write_linuxbios_table(
 		low_table_start, low_table_end - low_table_start);
 
 	/* Record the pirq table, acpi tables, and maybe the mptable */
+	table_size=rom_table_end-rom_table_start;
 	lb_add_memory_range(mem, LB_MEM_TABLE, 
-		rom_table_start, rom_table_end - rom_table_start);
+		rom_table_start, table_size<0x10000?0x10000:table_size);
 
 	/* Note:
 	 * I assume that there is always memory at immediately after