diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
index 7cc38b5b58bce600d578a4e500a400b510572589..8db4891acdafebcd2b8f85c57f53c73627850017 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/udbg.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ void __init udbg_early_init(void)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_EARLY_DEBUG
-	console_loglevel = 10;
+	console_loglevel = CONSOLE_LOGLEVEL_DEBUG;
 
 	register_early_udbg_console();
 #endif