diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index 6a799b3cc6b4..b8e15c678960 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -652,9 +652,6 @@ void __init early_init_devtree(void *params)
 	if (!early_init_dt_verify(params))
 		panic("BUG: Failed verifying flat device tree, bad version?");
 
-	/* Setup flat device-tree pointer */
-	initial_boot_params = params;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_RTAS
 	/* Some machines might need RTAS info for debugging, grab it now. */
 	of_scan_flat_dt(early_init_dt_scan_rtas, NULL);