diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f92bd9ce30..f8fb87e19a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6518,4 +6518,7 @@
 	* Rename up_ledinit() to board_led_intialize() (2014-1-24).
 	* Rename up_ledon() to board_led_on() and up_ledoff() to board_led_off()
 	  (2014-1-24).
+	* arch/x86/src/qemu-i486/gemu_head.S:  Patch from Matt Campbell
+	  to fix 'Error: .size expression for idle_stack does not evaluate to
+	  a constant" (2014-1-25).
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/src/qemu/qemu_head.S b/arch/x86/src/qemu/qemu_head.S
index 22c4904695..8e9c8a1db4 100755
--- a/arch/x86/src/qemu/qemu_head.S
+++ b/arch/x86/src/qemu/qemu_head.S
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ hang:
 
 	.type	idle_stack, @object
 	.comm   idle_stack, CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE, 32
-	.size	idle_stack, . - idle_stack
+	.size	idle_stack, CONFIG_IDLETHREAD_STACKSIZE
 
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  * .rodata