1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
index e22ecd54870d..47b6d90349da 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
                 return 0;
         early_console_initialized = 1;
 
-        if (!strcmp(buf,"keep"))
+        if (strstr(buf, "keep"))
                 keep_early = 1;
 
         if (!strncmp(buf, "serial", 6)) {