diff --git a/kernel/boot/boot.asm b/kernel/boot/boot.asm
index 864e4ff..33b86e8 100644
--- a/kernel/boot/boot.asm
+++ b/kernel/boot/boot.asm
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 extern _end, _bss
 
 ; Symbols from C
-extern k_bootstrap, page_directory
+extern k_bootstrap, bootstrap_stack
 
 ;-------------------------------------------------------
 [section .text]
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ segmented_start:
     mov     es, cx
     mov     gs, cx
     mov     fs, cx
-    mov     esp, page_directory+PAGE_SIZE-4 ; set up temporary stack space
+    mov     esp, bootstrap_stack+4096-4     ; set up temporary stack space
 
     mov     cx, 0x0700 + 'b'
     mov     [CONSOLE_MEMORY+160*8+1*2], cx
diff --git a/kernel/boot/k_bootstrap.c b/kernel/boot/k_bootstrap.c
index 8848732..9c7ad6c 100644
--- a/kernel/boot/k_bootstrap.c
+++ b/kernel/boot/k_bootstrap.c
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #define DEBUG_LETTER(col,chr) *(u16_t *)(CONSOLE_MEMORY + 160 * 8 + (col) * 2) \
                                   = 0x0700 | (chr)
 
+u8_t bootstrap_stack[4096];
+
 /**************************************************************************
  * This function is invoked before paging is enabled. Segmentation is     *
  * utilized to map virtual address 0xE000_0000 to physical address 0x0.   *