diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
index 8fd4be6..48ffc58 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/setup.c
@@ -317,8 +317,9 @@ static inline int mem_reserve(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 
 void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
-	strlcpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	*cmdline_p = command_line;
+	platform_setup(cmdline_p);
+	strlcpy(boot_command_line, *cmdline_p, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 
 	/* Reserve some memory regions */
 
@@ -379,8 +380,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	unflatten_and_copy_device_tree();
 
-	platform_setup(cmdline_p);
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 	smp_init_cpus();
 #endif