diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 3455ad33de4c425bfdba98b7bef29999792f54e3..7c54e115055b75663c4aa215f0f4e20490f8c582 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -650,15 +650,17 @@ static int __init parse_tag_revision(const struct tag *tag)
 
 __tagtable(ATAG_REVISION, parse_tag_revision);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
 static int __init parse_tag_cmdline(const struct tag *tag)
 {
+#ifndef CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
 	strlcpy(default_command_line, tag->u.cmdline.cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+#else
+	pr_warning("Ignoring tag cmdline (using the default kernel command line)\n");
+#endif /* CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE */
 	return 0;
 }
 
 __tagtable(ATAG_CMDLINE, parse_tag_cmdline);
-#endif /* CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE */
 
 /*
  * Scan the tag table for this tag, and call its parse function.