diff --git a/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/setup.c b/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/setup.c
index 3de30f79db3f33dcbf945bca58389456af40e1f3..eb5396cf81bb1b725c79ec2360c890dca8214cac 100644
--- a/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/sibyte/cfe/setup.c
@@ -288,13 +288,7 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 	 */
 	cfe_cons_handle = cfe_getstdhandle(CFE_STDHANDLE_CONSOLE);
 	if (cfe_getenv("LINUX_CMDLINE", arcs_cmdline, CL_SIZE) < 0) {
-		if (argc < 0) {
-			/*
-			 * It's OK for direct boot to not provide a
-			 *  command line
-			 */
-			strcpy(arcs_cmdline, "root=/dev/ram0 ");
-		} else {
+		if (argc >= 0) {
 			/* The loader should have set the command line */
 			/* too early for panic to do any good */
 			printk("LINUX_CMDLINE not defined in cfe.");