diff --git a/arch/s390/numa/mode_emu.c b/arch/s390/numa/mode_emu.c
index 71a12a4f49069624a85c5fb78a0f5c4241ba3b85..72d742bb2d17be01f105df7e75fa2ae4e932af85 100644
--- a/arch/s390/numa/mode_emu.c
+++ b/arch/s390/numa/mode_emu.c
@@ -558,9 +558,7 @@ static int __init early_parse_emu_nodes(char *p)
 {
 	int count;
 
-	if (kstrtoint(p, 0, &count) != 0 || count <= 0)
-		return 0;
-	if (count <= 0)
+	if (!p || kstrtoint(p, 0, &count) != 0 || count <= 0)
 		return 0;
 	emu_nodes = min(count, MAX_NUMNODES);
 	return 0;
@@ -572,7 +570,8 @@ early_param("emu_nodes", early_parse_emu_nodes);
  */
 static int __init early_parse_emu_size(char *p)
 {
-	emu_size = memparse(p, NULL);
+	if (p)
+		emu_size = memparse(p, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("emu_size", early_parse_emu_size);
diff --git a/arch/s390/numa/numa.c b/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
index 8eb9e9743f5d8d4d85bf62c8a7bfebce8c248259..d2910fa834c8a2e56d77b7233df6d922a60f77c3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
+++ b/arch/s390/numa/numa.c
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ early_param("numa_debug", parse_debug);
 
 static int __init parse_numa(char *parm)
 {
+	if (!parm)
+		return 1;
 	if (strcmp(parm, numa_mode_plain.name) == 0)
 		mode = &numa_mode_plain;
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA_EMU