2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 036f97c0c34c..fcd9ddc3ccf5 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -483,6 +483,12 @@ void __init __attribute__((weak)) smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 {
 }
 
+static const char linux_banner[] =
+        "Linux version " UTS_RELEASE
+        " (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@" LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ")"
+        " (" LINUX_COMPILER ")"
+        " " UTS_VERSION "\n";
+
 asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
 {
         char * command_line;
@@ -509,7 +515,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init start_kernel(void)
         boot_cpu_init();
         page_address_init();
         printk(KERN_NOTICE);
-        printk(linux_banner, UTS_RELEASE, UTS_VERSION);
+        printk(linux_banner);
         setup_arch(&command_line);
         unwind_setup();
         setup_per_cpu_areas();
diff --git a/init/version.c b/init/version.c
index 2a5dfcd1c2e6..9d96d36501ca 100644
--- a/init/version.c
+++ b/init/version.c
@@ -33,8 +33,3 @@ struct uts_namespace init_uts_ns = {
         },
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(init_uts_ns);
-
-const char linux_banner[] =
-        "Linux version %s (" LINUX_COMPILE_BY "@"
-        LINUX_COMPILE_HOST ") (" LINUX_COMPILER ") %s\n";
-