diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
index 030f4b93e255..407a8e26f0a7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/early_serial_console.c
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ static void parse_earlyprintk(void)
 		if (arg[pos] == ',')
 			pos++;
 
-		if (!strncmp(arg, "ttyS", 4)) {
+		if (!strncmp(arg + pos, "ttyS", 4)) {
 			static const int bases[] = { 0x3f8, 0x2f8 };
 			int idx = 0;