--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1302,6 +1302,17 @@ config CMDLINE
 	  time by entering them here. As a minimum, you should specify the
 	  memory size and the root device (e.g., mem=64M root=/dev/nfs).
 
+config CMDLINE_FORCE
+	bool "Always use the default kernel command string"
+	depends on CMDLINE != ""
+	help
+	  Always use the default kernel command string, even if the boot
+	  loader passes other arguments to the kernel.
+	  This is useful if you cannot or don't want to change the
+	  command-line options your boot loader passes to the kernel.
+
+	  If unsure, say N.
+
 config XIP_KERNEL
 	bool "Kernel Execute-In-Place from ROM"
 	depends on !ZBOOT_ROM
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
index 621acad..655aba2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/setup.c
@@ -628,6 +628,7 @@ static int __init parse_tag_revision(const struct tag *tag)
 
 __tagtable(ATAG_REVISION, parse_tag_revision);
 
+#ifndef CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE
 static int __init parse_tag_cmdline(const struct tag *tag)
 {
 	strlcpy(default_command_line, tag->u.cmdline.cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
@@ -635,6 +636,7 @@ static int __init parse_tag_cmdline(const struct tag *tag)
 }
 
 __tagtable(ATAG_CMDLINE, parse_tag_cmdline);
+#endif /* CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE */
 
 /*
  * Scan the tag table for this tag, and call its parse function.
-- 
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