diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index f5b8246e8aa1c9af8e51d8f2da825262ea65fd49..8d97aba78c3ad03d9b261ffd0b1089e58fbf598a 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -397,6 +397,12 @@ static int __init bootconfig_params(char *param, char *val,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static int __init warn_bootconfig(char *str)
+{
+	/* The 'bootconfig' has been handled by bootconfig_params(). */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static void __init setup_boot_config(void)
 {
 	static char tmp_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata;
@@ -475,9 +481,8 @@ static int __init warn_bootconfig(char *str)
 	pr_warn("WARNING: 'bootconfig' found on the kernel command line but CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG is not set.\n");
 	return 0;
 }
-early_param("bootconfig", warn_bootconfig);
-
 #endif
+early_param("bootconfig", warn_bootconfig);
 
 /* Change NUL term back to "=", to make "param" the whole string. */
 static void __init repair_env_string(char *param, char *val)