2 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
index 9cd968dd0f5a..6dffb498ccd7 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...)
         va_end(ap); 
 } 
 
-static int keep_early; 
+static int __initdata keep_early;
 
 int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt) 
 {  
@@ -226,8 +226,6 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
         if (early_console_initialized)
                 return -1;
 
-        opt = strchr(opt, '=') + 1;
-
         strlcpy(buf,opt,sizeof(buf)); 
         space = strchr(buf, ' '); 
         if (space)
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
index 2ea42ceb08f3..cea20a66c150 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
 #endif
         s = strstr(saved_command_line, "earlyprintk=");
         if (s != NULL)
-                setup_early_printk(s);
+                setup_early_printk(strchr(s, '=') + 1);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
         s = strstr(saved_command_line, "numa=");
         if (s != NULL)