diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
index 52f4e01bb655cf3a6a844b93ffe5ba2fc3ab1993..243b2f7ca137bd48a7d3d528597bd398d8e97037 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -382,6 +382,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	bss_resource.start = virt_to_phys(&__bss_start);
 	bss_resource.end = virt_to_phys(&__bss_stop)-1;
 
+	strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	*cmdline_p = command_line;
+
 	parse_setup_data();
 
 	parse_early_param();
@@ -402,9 +405,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &data_resource);
 	insert_resource(&iomem_resource, &bss_resource);
 
-	strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	*cmdline_p = command_line;
-
 	if (efi_enabled)
 		efi_init();