1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
index 417de564456e..646caa0a20bb 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/setup64.c
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ Control non executable mappings for 64bit processes.
 on      Enable(default)
 off     Disable
 */ 
-int __init nonx_setup(char *str)
+static int __init nonx_setup(char *str)
 {
+        if (!str)
+                return -EINVAL;
         if (!strncmp(str, "on", 2)) {
                 __supported_pte_mask |= _PAGE_NX; 
                 do_not_nx = 0; 
@@ -55,9 +57,9 @@ int __init nonx_setup(char *str)
                 do_not_nx = 1;
                 __supported_pte_mask &= ~_PAGE_NX;
         }
-        return 1;
+        return 0;
 } 
-__setup("noexec=", nonx_setup); /* parsed early actually */
+early_param("noexec", nonx_setup);
 
 int force_personality32 = 0;