1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
index 4fa54b230c09..9dccfa4752b2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 extern void prom_putchar(char);
 
-static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
+static void __init
+early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 {
         while (n-- && *s) {
                 if (*s == '\n')
@@ -22,14 +23,20 @@ static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
         }
 }
 
-static struct console early_console = {
+static struct console early_console __initdata = {
         .name   = "early",
         .write  = early_console_write,
         .flags  = CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,
         .index  = -1
 };
 
+static int early_console_initialized __initdata;
+
 void __init setup_early_printk(void)
 {
+        if (early_console_initialized)
+                return;
+        early_console_initialized = 1;
+
         register_console(&early_console);
 }