diff --git a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
index 4436feb53b..c408cd297f 100644
--- a/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/arch/x86/Makefile.inc
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ endif # CONFIG_HAVE_OPTION_TABLE
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_ROMSTAGE_X86_32),y)
 CBFSTOOL_PRE1_OPTS = -m x86 -o $$(( $(CONFIG_ROM_SIZE) - $(CONFIG_CBFS_SIZE) ))
-CBFSTOOL_PRE_OPTS  = -b $(shell cat $(objcbfs)/base_xip.txt)
+# Make sure that segment for .car.data is ignored while adding romstage.
+CBFSTOOL_PRE_OPTS  = -b $(shell cat $(objcbfs)/base_xip.txt) -S ".car.data"
 endif
 
 LIBGCC_WRAP_LDFLAGS := --wrap __divdi3 --wrap __udivdi3 --wrap __moddi3 --wrap __umoddi3