diff --git a/arch/h8300/kernel/setup.c b/arch/h8300/kernel/setup.c
index 6adf8f41d2a1f153fdf7ba9b1fc9598cb0674329..313cd80810441516b95e86610e5f49b1651bf47f 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/h8300/kernel/setup.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ unsigned long rom_length;
 unsigned long memory_start;
 unsigned long memory_end;
 
-char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
 extern int _stext, _etext, _sdata, _edata, _sbss, _ebss, _end;
 extern int _ramstart, _ramend;
@@ -154,8 +154,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 #endif
 	/* Keep a copy of command line */
 	*cmdline_p = &command_line[0];
-	memcpy(saved_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	saved_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = 0;
+	memcpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = 0;
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	if (strlen(*cmdline_p))