diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/cmd_boot.c b/arch/x86/lib/cmd_boot.c
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+/*
+ * (C) Copyright 2008-2011
+ * Graeme Russ, <graeme.russ@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002
+ * Daniel Engström, Omicron Ceti AB, <daniel@omicron.se>
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002
+ * Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, <wd@denx.de>
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2002
+ * Sysgo Real-Time Solutions, GmbH <www.elinos.com>
+ * Marius Groeger <mgroeger@sysgo.de>
+ *
+ * See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
+ * project.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
+ * the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston,
+ * MA 02111-1307 USA
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <command.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <asm/u-boot-x86.h>
+
+unsigned long do_go_exec(ulong (*entry)(int, char * const []),
+			 int argc, char * const argv[])
+{
+	unsigned long ret = 0;
+	char **argv_tmp;
+
+	/*
+	 * x86 does not use a dedicated register to pass the pointer to
+	 * the global_data, so it is instead passed as argv[-1]. By using
+	 * argv[-1], the called 'Application' can use the contents of
+	 * argv natively. However, to safely use argv[-1] a new copy of
+	 * argv is needed with the extra element
+	 */
+	argv_tmp = malloc(sizeof(char *) * (argc + 1));
+
+	if (argv_tmp) {
+		argv_tmp[0] = (char *)gd;
+
+		memcpy(&argv_tmp[1], argv, (size_t)(sizeof(char *) * argc));
+
+		ret = (entry) (argc, &argv_tmp[1]);
+		free(argv_tmp);
+	}
+
+	return ret;
+}