diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
index 8c3c25f..a99dbbe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/memory.c
@@ -27,13 +27,14 @@
 	do {
 		size = sizeof(struct e820entry);
 
-		/* Important: %edx is clobbered by some BIOSes,
-		   so it must be either used for the error output
+		/* Important: %edx and %esi are clobbered by some BIOSes,
+		   so they must be either used for the error output
 		   or explicitly marked clobbered. */
 		asm("int $0x15; setc %0"
 		    : "=d" (err), "+b" (next), "=a" (id), "+c" (size),
 		      "=m" (*desc)
-		    : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820));
+		    : "D" (desc), "d" (SMAP), "a" (0xe820)
+		    : "esi");
 
 		/* BIOSes which terminate the chain with CF = 1 as opposed
 		   to %ebx = 0 don't always report the SMAP signature on