diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/xlp.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/xlp.h
index 17daffb280a3..470f2095b346 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/xlp.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/netlogic/xlp-hal/xlp.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void nlm_hal_init(void);
 int xlp_get_dram_map(int n, uint64_t *dram_map);
 
 /* Device tree related */
+void xlp_early_init_devtree(void);
 void *xlp_dt_init(void *fdtp);
 
 static inline int cpu_is_xlpii(void)
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/dt.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/dt.c
index 88df445dda76..8316d5454b17 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/dt.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/dt.c
@@ -39,8 +39,11 @@
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/of_device.h>
 
+#include <asm/prom.h>
+
 extern u32 __dtb_xlp_evp_begin[], __dtb_xlp_svp_begin[],
 	__dtb_xlp_fvp_begin[], __dtb_start[];
+static void *xlp_fdt_blob;
 
 void __init *xlp_dt_init(void *fdtp)
 {
@@ -67,19 +70,26 @@ void __init *xlp_dt_init(void *fdtp)
 			break;
 		}
 	}
-	initial_boot_params = fdtp;
+	xlp_fdt_blob = fdtp;
 	return fdtp;
 }
 
+void __init xlp_early_init_devtree(void)
+{
+	__dt_setup_arch(xlp_fdt_blob);
+	strlcpy(arcs_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
+}
+
 void __init device_tree_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long base, size;
+	struct boot_param_header *fdtp = xlp_fdt_blob;
 
-	if (!initial_boot_params)
+	if (!fdtp)
 		return;
 
-	base = virt_to_phys((void *)initial_boot_params);
-	size = be32_to_cpu(initial_boot_params->totalsize);
+	base = virt_to_phys(fdtp);
+	size = be32_to_cpu(fdtp->totalsize);
 
 	/* Before we do anything, lets reserve the dt blob */
 	reserve_bootmem(base, size, BOOTMEM_DEFAULT);
diff --git a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c
index 76a7131e486e..6d981bb337ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c
+++ b/arch/mips/netlogic/xlp/setup.c
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ void __init plat_mem_setup(void)
 	pm_power_off	= nlm_linux_exit;
 
 	/* memory and bootargs from DT */
-	early_init_devtree(initial_boot_params);
+	xlp_early_init_devtree();
 
 	if (boot_mem_map.nr_map == 0) {
 		pr_info("Using DRAM BARs for memory map.\n");