diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 0a68c99da57333ba3a733af2ccd444ff76f27ce8..a730b951b64bfe847b3de3190a3d5135e48f3797 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -752,6 +752,13 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 	early_init_dt_scan_root();
 	early_init_dt_scan_memory_ppc();
 
+	/*
+	 * As generic code authors expect to be able to use static keys
+	 * in early_param() handlers, we initialize the static keys just
+	 * before parsing early params (it's fine to call jump_label_init()
+	 * more than once).
+	 */
+	jump_label_init();
 	parse_early_param();
 
 	/* make sure we've parsed cmdline for mem= before this */