diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
index 97ffdcf09c03597c4e7d78cf760f7e3d81b5f913..0312422881aed00fda295f24b6595899442b648d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
@@ -586,6 +586,10 @@ void __init setup_system(void)
 	 */
 	finish_device_tree();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT
+	init_boot_display();
+#endif
+
 	/*
 	 * Initialize xmon
 	 */
@@ -1039,6 +1043,10 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	/* initialize the syscall map in systemcfg */
 	setup_syscall_map();
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
+	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
+#endif
+
 	ppc_md.setup_arch();
 
 	/* Use the default idle loop if the platform hasn't provided one. */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
index c53dbbb4490a65d64d2ec4bfb434f68a3f42b65a..92d18003f152ee391138ef0c3ea082b6e21223bb 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/setup.c
@@ -241,10 +241,6 @@ static void __init pSeries_setup_arch(void)
 	find_and_init_phbs();
 	eeh_init();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DUMMY_CONSOLE
-	conswitchp = &dummy_con;
-#endif
-
 	pSeries_nvram_init();
 
 	/* Choose an idle loop */