diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc
index abaf6718ea..be5b73019e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.inc
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@
 
 #include <arch/rom_segs.h>
 .code16
-.globl _start
-.type _start, @function
+.globl _start16bit
+.type _start16bit, @function
 
-_start:
+_start16bit:
 	cli
 	/* Save the BIST result */
 	movl	%eax, %ebp
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ _start:
 	 * The criteria for relocation have been relaxed to their
 	 * utmost, so that we can use the same code for both
 	 * our initial entry point and startup of the second cpu.
-	 * The code assumes when executing at _start that:
-	 * (((cs & 0xfff) == 0) and (ip == _start & 0xffff))
+	 * The code assumes when executing at _start16bit that:
+	 * (((cs & 0xfff) == 0) and (ip == _start16bit & 0xffff))
 	 * or
 	 * ((cs == anything) and (ip == 0)).
 	 *
-	 * The restrictions in reset16.inc mean that _start initially
+	 * The restrictions in reset16.inc mean that _start16bit initially
 	 * must be loaded at or above 0xffff0000 or below 0x100000.
 	 *
 	 * The linker scripts computes gdtptr16_offset by simply returning
@@ -136,6 +136,6 @@ nullidt:
 	.long	0
 	.word	0
 
-.globl _estart
-_estart:
+.globl _estart16bit
+_estart16bit:
 	.code32
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc
index ebc3d4cee2..d99f0b1e0c 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.inc
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 .globl	reset_vector
 reset_vector:
 	.byte  0xe9
-	.int   _start - ( . + 2 )
+	.int   _start16bit - ( . + 2 )
 	/* Note: The above jump is hand coded to work around bugs in binutils.
 	 * 5 byte are used for a 3 byte instruction.  This works because x86
 	 * is little endian and allows us to use supported 32bit relocations
diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.ld b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.ld
index 1730992434..d96755ec62 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.ld
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/16bit/reset16.ld
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 SECTIONS {
 	/* Trigger an error if I have an unuseable start address */
-	_bogus = ASSERT(_start >= 0xffff0000, "_start too low. Please report.");
+	_bogus = ASSERT(_start16bit >= 0xffff0000, "_start16bit too low. Please report.");
 	_ROMTOP = 0xfffffff0;
 	. = _ROMTOP;
 	.reset . : {