diff --git a/include/asm-x86/desc.h b/include/asm-x86/desc.h
index 268a012bcd795e..28bddbcb38be7e 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/desc.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/desc.h
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ static inline void native_set_ldt(const void *addr, unsigned int entries)
 		unsigned cpu = smp_processor_id();
 		ldt_desc ldt;
 
-		set_tssldt_descriptor(&ldt, (unsigned long)addr,
-				      DESC_LDT, entries * sizeof(ldt) - 1);
+		set_tssldt_descriptor(&ldt, (unsigned long)addr, DESC_LDT,
+				      entries * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE - 1);
 		write_gdt_entry(get_cpu_gdt_table(cpu), GDT_ENTRY_LDT,
 				&ldt, DESC_LDT);
 		asm volatile("lldt %w0"::"q" (GDT_ENTRY_LDT*8));