diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
index 57b5dc15ca7e..565ad755c785 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	1
 #define THREAD_SIZE		(PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER)
 
+#define IRQ_STACK_SIZE		THREAD_SIZE
+
 #define N_EXCEPTION_STACKS	1
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
index 8fcfcd1a8375..8b4bf732e1b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -422,8 +422,8 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU_ALIGNED(struct stack_canary, stack_canary);
  * per-CPU IRQ handling stacks
  */
 struct irq_stack {
-	u32                     stack[THREAD_SIZE/sizeof(u32)];
-} __aligned(THREAD_SIZE);
+	u32			stack[IRQ_STACK_SIZE / sizeof(u32)];
+} __aligned(IRQ_STACK_SIZE);
 
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_stack *, hardirq_stack);
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct irq_stack *, softirq_stack);