diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
index e4eb472..9eee64944 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
@@ -466,7 +466,8 @@
 #endif
 
 /*
- * present useful information to the program
+ * present useful information to the program by shovelling it onto the new
+ * process's stack
  */
 static int create_elf_fdpic_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 				   struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -482,9 +483,13 @@
 	int loop;
 	int nr;	/* reset for each csp adjustment */
 
-	/* we're going to shovel a whole load of stuff onto the stack */
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
-	sp = bprm->p;
+	/* In some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
+	 * by the processes running on the same package. One thing we can do is
+	 * to shuffle the initial stack for them, so we give the architecture
+	 * an opportunity to do so here.
+	 */
+	sp = arch_align_stack(bprm->p);
 #else
 	sp = mm->start_stack;
 
@@ -527,20 +532,6 @@
 			return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-#if defined(__i386__) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
-	/* in some cases (e.g. Hyper-Threading), we want to avoid L1 evictions
-	 * by the processes running on the same package. One thing we can do is
-	 * to shuffle the initial stack for them.
-	 *
-	 * the conditionals here are unneeded, but kept in to make the code
-	 * behaviour the same as pre change unless we have hyperthreaded
-	 * processors. This keeps Mr Marcelo Person happier but should be
-	 * removed for 2.5
-	 */
-	if (smp_num_siblings > 1)
-		sp = sp - ((current->pid % 64) << 7);
-#endif
-
 	sp &= ~7UL;
 
 	/* stack the load map(s) */