diff --git a/common/init/board_init.c b/common/init/board_init.c
index d98648eaa6fc26fbb9836622fbfee2552534d826..d17bb298d72edc13cec4fd40083fd66f89fe943a 100644
--- a/common/init/board_init.c
+++ b/common/init/board_init.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void board_init_f_init_reserve(ulong base)
 		*ptr++ = 0;
 #endif
 	/* set GD unless architecture did it already */
-#if !defined(CONFIG_X86) && !defined(CONFIG_ARM)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_ARM)
 	arch_setup_gd(gd_ptr);
 #endif
 	/* next alloc will be higher by one GD plus 16-byte alignment */