diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/ipl.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/ipl.h
index 4da22b2f0521a6822aa61f92e09f9544489304b9..edb5161df7e2945831f9697f676a24e0e8582450 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/ipl.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/ipl.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void __init save_area_add_vxrs(struct save_area *, __vector128 *vxrs);
 extern void do_reipl(void);
 extern void do_halt(void);
 extern void do_poff(void);
-extern void ipl_save_parameters(void);
+extern void ipl_verify_parameters(void);
 extern void ipl_update_parameters(void);
 extern size_t append_ipl_vmparm(char *, size_t);
 extern size_t append_ipl_scpdata(char *, size_t);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
index 9cd85adaa7c1473172ff18c81c8a2ae953e0beae..d038c8cea6cb33cdf9880dd4680f56bf183d40bf 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -392,7 +392,49 @@ static int __init cad_init(void)
 }
 early_initcall(cad_init);
 
-static __init void rescue_initrd(void)
+static __init void memmove_early(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n)
+{
+	unsigned long addr;
+	long incr;
+	psw_t old;
+
+	if (!n)
+		return;
+	incr = 1;
+	if (dst > src) {
+		incr = -incr;
+		dst += n - 1;
+		src += n - 1;
+	}
+	old = S390_lowcore.program_new_psw;
+	S390_lowcore.program_new_psw.mask = __extract_psw();
+	asm volatile(
+		"	larl	%[addr],1f\n"
+		"	stg	%[addr],%[psw_pgm_addr]\n"
+		"0:     mvc	0(1,%[dst]),0(%[src])\n"
+		"	agr	%[dst],%[incr]\n"
+		"	agr	%[src],%[incr]\n"
+		"	brctg	%[n],0b\n"
+		"1:\n"
+		: [addr] "=&d" (addr),
+		  [psw_pgm_addr] "=&Q" (S390_lowcore.program_new_psw.addr),
+		  [dst] "+&a" (dst), [src] "+&a" (src),  [n] "+d" (n)
+		: [incr] "d" (incr)
+		: "cc", "memory");
+	S390_lowcore.program_new_psw = old;
+}
+
+static __init noinline void ipl_save_parameters(void)
+{
+	void *src, *dst;
+
+	src = (void *)(unsigned long) S390_lowcore.ipl_parmblock_ptr;
+	dst = (void *) IPL_PARMBLOCK_ORIGIN;
+	memmove_early(dst, src, PAGE_SIZE);
+	S390_lowcore.ipl_parmblock_ptr = IPL_PARMBLOCK_ORIGIN;
+}
+
+static __init noinline void rescue_initrd(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	unsigned long min_initrd_addr = (unsigned long) _end + (4UL << 20);
@@ -406,7 +448,7 @@ static __init void rescue_initrd(void)
 		return;
 	if (INITRD_START >= min_initrd_addr)
 		return;
-	memmove((void *) min_initrd_addr, (void *) INITRD_START, INITRD_SIZE);
+	memmove_early((void *) min_initrd_addr, (void *) INITRD_START, INITRD_SIZE);
 	INITRD_START = min_initrd_addr;
 #endif
 }
@@ -468,6 +510,7 @@ void __init startup_init(void)
 	ipl_save_parameters();
 	rescue_initrd();
 	clear_bss_section();
+	ipl_verify_parameters();
 	time_early_init();
 	init_kernel_storage_key();
 	lockdep_off();
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
index 295bfb7124bcac7a55b71fedb0e9f55a96b7e1ad..ff3364a067ff73f42678cb95ae28023472e48b85 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/ipl.c
@@ -1991,10 +1991,9 @@ void __init ipl_update_parameters(void)
 		diag308_set_works = 1;
 }
 
-void __init ipl_save_parameters(void)
+void __init ipl_verify_parameters(void)
 {
 	struct cio_iplinfo iplinfo;
-	void *src, *dst;
 
 	if (cio_get_iplinfo(&iplinfo))
 		return;
@@ -2005,10 +2004,6 @@ void __init ipl_save_parameters(void)
 	if (!iplinfo.is_qdio)
 		return;
 	ipl_flags |= IPL_PARMBLOCK_VALID;
-	src = (void *)(unsigned long)S390_lowcore.ipl_parmblock_ptr;
-	dst = (void *)IPL_PARMBLOCK_ORIGIN;
-	memmove(dst, src, PAGE_SIZE);
-	S390_lowcore.ipl_parmblock_ptr = IPL_PARMBLOCK_ORIGIN;
 }
 
 static LIST_HEAD(rcall);