diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 7080e7117f415b5c838607accef4718e64dc6733..beff1052879777a732bd0c1bee8e3554d856e8b6 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ config MACH_DECSTATION
 	select BOOT_ELF32
 	select DMA_NONCOHERENT
 	select NO_IOPORT
-	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
 	select IRQ_CPU
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R3000
 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R4X00
diff --git a/arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c b/arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c
index 65419bf32441be996b689a28790a1a610dcc8d37..078e1a12421d736896f670c4019d7fc879b17395 100644
--- a/arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c
+++ b/arch/mips/dec/prom/console.c
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  *
  *	DECstation PROM-based early console support.
  *
- *	Copyright (C) 2004  Maciej W. Rozycki
+ *	Copyright (C) 2004, 2007  Maciej W. Rozycki
  *
  *	This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *	modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -13,15 +13,35 @@
 #include <linux/console.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #include <asm/dec/prom.h>
 
-void prom_putchar(char c)
+static void __init prom_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s,
+				      unsigned int c)
 {
-	char s[2];
+	char buf[81];
+	unsigned int chunk = sizeof(buf) - 1;
 
-	s[0] = c;
-	s[1] = '\0';
+	while (c > 0) {
+		if (chunk > c)
+			chunk = c;
+		memcpy(buf, s, chunk);
+		buf[chunk] = '\0';
+		prom_printf("%s", buf);
+		s += chunk;
+		c -= chunk;
+	}
+}
+
+static struct console promcons __initdata = {
+	.name	= "prom",
+	.write	= prom_console_write,
+	.flags	= CON_BOOT | CON_PRINTBUFFER,
+	.index	= -1,
+};
 
-	prom_printf( s);
+void __init register_prom_console(void)
+{
+	register_console(&promcons);
 }
diff --git a/arch/mips/dec/prom/init.c b/arch/mips/dec/prom/init.c
index 4828cac4748f7a90e245dc840145d57e638879ba..808c182fd3fafb8d8855ea2ee46c6f7067a34ff5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/dec/prom/init.c
+++ b/arch/mips/dec/prom/init.c
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ void __init prom_init(void)
 	if (prom_is_rex(magic))
 		rex_clear_cache();
 
+	/* Register the early console.  */
+	register_prom_console();
+
 	/* Were we compiled with the right CPU option? */
 #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_R3000)
 	if ((current_cpu_data.cputype == CPU_R4000SC) ||