diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pfault.c b/arch/s390/mm/pfault.c
index e1c8cc14575d1d4375323e6bd9636990feb7417e..64cc42d37c8bfb4d71a6e42659c6839b46186ff4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pfault.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pfault.c
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ static int __init nopfault(char *str)
 	pfault_disable = 1;
 	return 1;
 }
-
-__setup("nopfault", nopfault);
+early_param("nopfault", nopfault);
 
 struct pfault_refbk {
 	u16 refdiagc;