1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c
index 5dfb42f1a152..5c20266e3b1f 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -499,7 +499,7 @@ static int __init set_preferred_console(void)
 {
         struct device_node *prom_stdout;
         char *name;
-        int offset;
+        int offset = 0;
 
         if (of_stdout_device == NULL)
                 return -ENODEV;
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
         strlcpy(saved_command_line, cmd_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
         *cmdline_p = cmd_line;
 
+        parse_early_param();
+
         /* set up the bootmem stuff with available memory */
         do_init_bootmem();
         if ( ppc_md.progress ) ppc_md.progress("setup_arch: bootmem", 0x3eab);