diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h
index 6faaf27e889989..6cbd9ae58b21b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cmdline.h
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #ifndef _ASM_X86_CMDLINE_H
 #define _ASM_X86_CMDLINE_H
 
+#include <asm/setup.h>
+
+extern char builtin_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
+
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline_ptr, const char *option);
 int cmdline_find_option(const char *cmdline_ptr, const char *option,
 			char *buffer, int bufsize);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 5d34cad9b7b180..6129dc2ba784cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ unsigned long saved_video_mode;
 
 static char __initdata command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL
-static char __initdata builtin_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
+char builtin_cmdline[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE] = CONFIG_CMDLINE;
 bool builtin_cmdline_added __ro_after_init;
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
index 384da1fdd5c6f7..c65cd55504549a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c
@@ -207,18 +207,29 @@ __cmdline_find_option(const char *cmdline, int max_cmdline_size,
 
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *cmdline, const char *option)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL))
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!builtin_cmdline_added);
+	int ret;
 
-	return __cmdline_find_option_bool(cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option);
+	ret = __cmdline_find_option_bool(cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL) && !builtin_cmdline_added)
+		return __cmdline_find_option_bool(builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option);
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int cmdline_find_option(const char *cmdline, const char *option, char *buffer,
 			int bufsize)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL))
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(!builtin_cmdline_added);
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = __cmdline_find_option(cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option, buffer, bufsize);
+	if (ret > 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_BOOL) && !builtin_cmdline_added)
+		return __cmdline_find_option(builtin_cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option, buffer, bufsize);
 
-	return __cmdline_find_option(cmdline, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE, option,
-				     buffer, bufsize);
+	return ret;
 }