diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S b/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S
index fcce0e61b0e78835f07c85c089d76ddc913a4b24..2f1814c5cfd78d8d57dbbf97d2464e6e2b32fa6d 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/trampoline.S
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 
 .data
 
+/* We can free up trampoline after bootup if cpu hotplug is not supported. */
+#ifndef CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU
+.section ".init.data","aw",@progbits
+#endif
+
 .code16
 
 ENTRY(trampoline_data)