diff --git a/asm/x86-unknown-none/bootloader.asm b/asm/x86-unknown-none/bootloader.asm
index 856abb41e76c91347b0341862a38d7775afff461..b5774523de1841f55241a5a5b267b22a6c802601 100644
--- a/asm/x86-unknown-none/bootloader.asm
+++ b/asm/x86-unknown-none/bootloader.asm
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ stage3:
     align 512, db 0
 .end:
 
-; the maximum size of the boot loader portion is 256 KiB
-times (256*1024)-($-$$) db 0
+; the maximum size of the boot loader portion is 384 KiB
+times (384*1024)-($-$$) db 0