1 files changed, 2 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
index 9b9f18b49918..d15f575a861b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -169,25 +169,9 @@ static struct console early_serial_console = {
         .index =        -1,
 };
 
-/* Direct interface for emergencies */
-static struct console *early_console = &early_vga_console;
-static int __initdata early_console_initialized;
-
-asmlinkage void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
-{
-        char buf[512];
-        int n;
-        va_list ap;
-
-        va_start(ap, fmt);
-        n = vscnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), fmt, ap);
-        early_console->write(early_console, buf, n);
-        va_end(ap);
-}
-
 static inline void early_console_register(struct console *con, int keep_early)
 {
-        if (early_console->index != -1) {
+        if (con->index != -1) {
                 printk(KERN_CRIT "ERROR: earlyprintk= %s already used\n",
                        con->name);
                 return;
@@ -207,9 +191,8 @@ static int __init setup_early_printk(char *buf)
         if (!buf)
                 return 0;
 
-        if (early_console_initialized)
+        if (early_console)
                 return 0;
-        early_console_initialized = 1;
 
         keep = (strstr(buf, "keep") != NULL);