diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index a4656adab53b..362d4e7f2d38 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -604,14 +604,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	early_cpu_init();
 	early_ioremap_init();
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_VMI) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
-	/*
-	 * Must be before kernel pagetables are setup
-	 * or fixmap area is touched.
-	 */
-	vmi_init();
-#endif
-
 	ROOT_DEV = old_decode_dev(boot_params.hdr.root_dev);
 	screen_info = boot_params.screen_info;
 	edid_info = boot_params.edid_info;
@@ -678,6 +670,14 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	parse_early_param();
 
+#if defined(CONFIG_VMI) && defined(CONFIG_X86_32)
+	/*
+	 * Must be before kernel pagetables are setup
+	 * or fixmap area is touched.
+	 */
+	vmi_init();
+#endif
+
 	/* after early param, so could get panic from serial */
 	reserve_early_setup_data();