diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
index 5f58f8cb9836..2d8782960f41 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1459,6 +1459,16 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	parse_cmdline_early(cmdline_p);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+	{
+		char *s = strstr(*cmdline_p, "earlyprintk=");
+		if (s) {
+			setup_early_printk(strchr(s, '=') + 1);
+			printk("early console enabled\n");
+		}
+	}
+#endif
+
 	max_low_pfn = setup_memory();
 
 	/*
@@ -1483,19 +1493,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	 * NOTE: at this point the bootmem allocator is fully available.
 	 */
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
-	{
-		char *s = strstr(*cmdline_p, "earlyprintk=");
-		if (s) {
-			extern void setup_early_printk(char *);
-
-			setup_early_printk(strchr(s, '=') + 1);
-			printk("early console enabled\n");
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
-
 	dmi_scan_machine();
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_GENERICARCH
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
index 6dffb498ccd7..6fcdcb80b07a 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/early_printk.c
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define MAX_XPOS	max_xpos
 
 static int max_ypos = 25, max_xpos = 80;
-static int current_ypos = 1, current_xpos = 0; 
+static int current_ypos = 25, current_xpos = 0;
 
 static void early_vga_write(struct console *con, const char *str, unsigned n)
 {
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@ int __init setup_early_printk(char *opt)
 	           && SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_isVGA == 1) {
 		max_xpos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_cols;
 		max_ypos = SCREEN_INFO.orig_video_lines;
+		current_ypos = max_ypos;
 		early_console = &early_vga_console; 
  	} else if (!strncmp(buf, "simnow", 6)) {
  		simnow_init(buf + 6);
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/arch_hooks.h b/include/asm-i386/arch_hooks.h
index 28b96a6fb9fa..238cf4275b96 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/arch_hooks.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/arch_hooks.h
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ extern void trap_init_hook(void);
 extern void time_init_hook(void);
 extern void mca_nmi_hook(void);
 
+extern int setup_early_printk(char *);
+extern void early_printk(const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__((format(printf,1,2)));
+
 #endif