diff --git a/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c
index 5dfb42f1a152..309797d7f96d 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -753,6 +753,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	strlcpy(saved_command_line, cmd_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	*cmdline_p = cmd_line;
 
+	parse_early_param();
+
 	/* set up the bootmem stuff with available memory */
 	do_init_bootmem();
 	if ( ppc_md.progress ) ppc_md.progress("setup_arch: bootmem", 0x3eab);