1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
index 304efdc5682f..9dccfa4752b2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 extern void prom_putchar(char);
 
-static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
+static void __init
+early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 {
 	while (n-- && *s) {
 		if (*s == '\n')
@@ -22,19 +23,20 @@ static void early_console_write(struct console *con, const char *s, unsigned n)
 	}
 }
 
-static struct console early_console = {
+static struct console early_console __initdata = {
 	.name	= "early",
 	.write	= early_console_write,
 	.flags	= CON_PRINTBUFFER | CON_BOOT,
 	.index	= -1
 };
 
+static int early_console_initialized __initdata;
+
 void __init setup_early_printk(void)
 {
-	register_console(&early_console);
-}
+	if (early_console_initialized)
+		return;
+	early_console_initialized = 1;
 
-void __init disable_early_printk(void)
-{
-	unregister_console(&early_console);
+	register_console(&early_console);
 }