diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
index cb62f786990d5dd99c7b1d0ce3cf464969cd1fcf..10f6b1178c683cb1901a0704b25e653f949e0c31 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.c
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "misc.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+
 static unsigned long fs;
 static inline void set_fs(unsigned long seg)
 {
@@ -19,3 +21,5 @@ int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option)
 {
 	return __cmdline_find_option_bool(real_mode->hdr.cmd_line_ptr, option);
 }
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index 3ffee6e0c54ce6b768130caa4bee81c248b46f84..0e6dc0ee0eeabd04fc283bce937b734ea42923c7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -38,18 +38,19 @@ static inline void debug_putstr(const char *s)
 
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+
 /* cmdline.c */
 int cmdline_find_option(const char *option, char *buffer, int bufsize);
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
 
 /* early_serial_console.c */
-#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
-
 extern int early_serial_base;
 void console_init(void);
 
 #else
 
+/* early_serial_console.c */
 static const int early_serial_base;
 static inline void console_init(void)
 { }