diff --git a/arch/arm26/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm26/kernel/setup.c
index 466ddb54b44f..0e006c6cd5a0 100644
--- a/arch/arm26/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm26/kernel/setup.c
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ unsigned long phys_initrd_size __initdata = 0;
 static struct meminfo meminfo __initdata = { 0, };
 static struct proc_info_item proc_info;
 static const char *machine_name;
-static char command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 
 static char default_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] __initdata = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
 
@@ -492,8 +492,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	init_mm.end_data   = (unsigned long) &_edata;
 	init_mm.brk	   = (unsigned long) &_end;
 
-	memcpy(saved_command_line, from, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
-	saved_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';
+	memcpy(boot_command_line, from, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+	boot_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1] = '\0';
 	parse_cmdline(&meminfo, cmdline_p, from);
 	bootmem_init(&meminfo);
 	paging_init(&meminfo);