diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/holly.dts b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/holly.dts
index 254499b107f48b07ecdf9d8ff7c7edc9e7fb2be5..e6b5091de9ce81b7c0017fc843a5736d883c51ba 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/holly.dts
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/dts/holly.dts
@@ -193,6 +193,5 @@ RT0: router@1180 {
 
 	chosen {
 		linux,stdout-path = "/tsi109@c0000000/serial@7808";
-		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200";
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/holly_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/holly_defconfig
index be633b9b57c3e5bda4648a76740df1476ecf2af2..8ad57b94eab2ebccb9c8e68940d2d775e2147689 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/holly_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/holly_defconfig
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4
 # CONFIG_RESOURCES_64BIT is not set
 CONFIG_ZONE_DMA_FLAG=1
 CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE=y
-# CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL is not set
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200"
 # CONFIG_PM is not set
 # CONFIG_SECCOMP is not set
 # CONFIG_WANT_DEVICE_TREE is not set