diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
index e03b89a..d3f6c5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/e820.c
@@ -487,17 +487,19 @@
 	printk(KERN_INFO "modified physical RAM map:\n");
 	e820_print_map("modified");
 }
-
+#define MAX_GAP_END 0x100000000ull
 /*
- * Search for a gap in the e820 memory space from start_addr to 2^32.
+ * Search for a gap in the e820 memory space from start_addr to end_addr.
  */
 __init int e820_search_gap(unsigned long *gapstart, unsigned long *gapsize,
-		unsigned long start_addr)
+		unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long long end_addr)
 {
-	unsigned long long last = 0x100000000ull;
+	unsigned long long last;
 	int i = e820.nr_map;
 	int found = 0;
 
+	last = (end_addr && end_addr < MAX_GAP_END) ? end_addr : MAX_GAP_END;
+
 	while (--i >= 0) {
 		unsigned long long start = e820.map[i].addr;
 		unsigned long long end = start + e820.map[i].size;
@@ -537,7 +539,7 @@
 
 	gapstart = 0x10000000;
 	gapsize = 0x400000;
-	found  = e820_search_gap(&gapstart, &gapsize, 0);
+	found  = e820_search_gap(&gapstart, &gapsize, 0, MAX_GAP_END);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (!found) {
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/e820.h b/include/asm-x86/e820.h
index 45e904f..05a7dc3 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/e820.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/e820.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
 extern void update_e820(void);
 extern void e820_setup_gap(void);
 extern int e820_search_gap(unsigned long *gapstart, unsigned long *gapsize,
-				unsigned long start_addr);
+			unsigned long start_addr, unsigned long long end_addr);
 struct setup_data;
 extern void parse_e820_ext(struct setup_data *data, unsigned long pa_data);