1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/um/kernel/early_printk.c
index 49480f092456..4a0800bc37b2 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned int
         um_early_printk(s, n);
 }
 
-static struct console early_console = {
+static struct console early_console_dev = {
         .name = "earlycon",
         .write = early_console_write,
         .flags = CON_BOOT,
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ static struct console early_console = {
 
 static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
 {
-        register_console(&early_console);
-
+        if (!early_console) {
+                early_console = &early_console_dev;
+                register_console(&early_console_dev);
+        }
         return 0;
 }