diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
index 10f6b1178c68..b4c913c5c4ad 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ static inline char rdfs8(addr_t addr)
 	return *((char *)(fs + addr));
 }
 #include "../cmdline.c"
+static unsigned long get_cmd_line_ptr(void)
+{
+	unsigned long cmd_line_ptr = real_mode->hdr.cmd_line_ptr;
+
+	return cmd_line_ptr;
+}
 int cmdline_find_option(const char *option, char *buffer, int bufsize)
 {
-	return __cmdline_find_option(real_mode->hdr.cmd_line_ptr, option, buffer, bufsize);
+	return __cmdline_find_option(get_cmd_line_ptr(), option, buffer, bufsize);
 }
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option)
 {
-	return __cmdline_find_option_bool(real_mode->hdr.cmd_line_ptr, option);
+	return __cmdline_find_option_bool(get_cmd_line_ptr(), option);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index b88a1fab2158..62c8ce44cac4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -112,14 +112,23 @@ static void __init clear_bss(void)
 	       (unsigned long) __bss_stop - (unsigned long) __bss_start);
 }
 
+static unsigned long get_cmd_line_ptr(void)
+{
+	unsigned long cmd_line_ptr = boot_params.hdr.cmd_line_ptr;
+
+	return cmd_line_ptr;
+}
+
 static void __init copy_bootdata(char *real_mode_data)
 {
 	char * command_line;
+	unsigned long cmd_line_ptr;
 
 	memcpy(&boot_params, real_mode_data, sizeof boot_params);
 	sanitize_boot_params(&boot_params);
-	if (boot_params.hdr.cmd_line_ptr) {
-		command_line = __va(boot_params.hdr.cmd_line_ptr);
+	cmd_line_ptr = get_cmd_line_ptr();
+	if (cmd_line_ptr) {
+		command_line = __va(cmd_line_ptr);
 		memcpy(boot_command_line, command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	}
 }