diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h
index 307846691be6..48b37c693db3 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/setup.h
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <uapi/asm/setup.h>
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_PLAT_EZNPS
+#define COMMAND_LINE_SIZE 2048
+#else
 #define COMMAND_LINE_SIZE 256
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Data structure to map a ID to string