diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
index edef5084ce17104b6c46f900d70d22b480ed8794..cb9abdfced9bbf8ba8f0b6d6858a384d957bdfaa 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/head.S
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_32)
 	movzwl OLD_CL_OFFSET,%esi
 	addl $(OLD_CL_BASE_ADDR),%esi
 2:
-	movl $(saved_command_line - __PAGE_OFFSET),%edi
+	movl $(boot_command_line - __PAGE_OFFSET),%edi
 	movl $(COMMAND_LINE_SIZE/4),%ecx
 	rep
 	movsl
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
index 4b31ad70c1ac6699c6710faf415ec6e1c30d488b..4694ac980cd201c2b53bea98ae03299b816bc999 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ unsigned long saved_videomode;
 #define RAMDISK_PROMPT_FLAG		0x8000
 #define RAMDISK_LOAD_FLAG		0x4000	
 
-static char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
 unsigned char __initdata boot_params[PARAM_SIZE];
 
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		print_memory_map("user");
 	}
 
-	strlcpy(command_line, saved_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	*cmdline_p = command_line;
 
 	max_low_pfn = setup_memory();