diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
index d61eb3334edf8858b9aa9e32ff6d8f630935bb38..4d221c81c84941a13f3350a4f539b231d05cc8d2 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ static void __init setup_boot_command_line(void)
 
 	/* copy arch command line */
 	strlcpy(boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE, ARCH_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	boot_command_line[ARCH_COMMAND_LINE_SIZE - 1] = 0;
 
 	/* append IPL PARM data to the boot command line */
 	if (MACHINE_IS_VM) {