diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 58bbec6841193d977f0a928fef090aee5edafa9b..29ae1e99cde08b247aa106a2939496abf3b3c871 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -455,10 +455,10 @@ static int __init ignore_loglevel_setup(char *str)
 	ignore_loglevel = 1;
 	printk(KERN_INFO "debug: ignoring loglevel setting.\n");
 
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-__setup("ignore_loglevel", ignore_loglevel_setup);
+early_param("ignore_loglevel", ignore_loglevel_setup);
 
 /*
  * Write out chars from start to end - 1 inclusive