diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 6cfb708408e950412f6c9c3ebbb82e0d3f60bcc9..5c0635a8bffdc7a87069d13cc1e75b608a9c1752 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
 	boot_params.hdr.ramdisk_size = xen_start_info->mod_len;
 
 	if (!is_initial_xendomain()) {
+		add_preferred_console("xenboot", 0, NULL);
 		add_preferred_console("tty", 0, NULL);
 		add_preferred_console("hvc", 0, NULL);
 	}
diff --git a/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c b/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
index 2413af342a81e18c269945acf72a27120c526d3a..d5fe0a8952faeb52f5f0acf5daf40eba0fa1632f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hvc_xen.c
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ static void xenboot_write_console(struct console *console, const char *string,
 
 	raw_console_write(string, len);
 
+	write_console(0, "(early) ", 8);
 	while (off < len && NULL != (pos = strchr(string+off, '\n'))) {
 		linelen = pos-string+off;
 		if (off + linelen > len)