diff --git a/configs/linux64_defconfig b/configs/linux64_defconfig
index 105edc78..65ee4ae8 100644
--- a/configs/linux64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/linux64_defconfig
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE="${BR_BINARIES_DIR}/rootfs.cpio"
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_HZ_100=y
-CONFIG_CMDLINE="earlyprintk"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="earlycon"
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG is not set
 CONFIG_PARTITION_ADVANCED=y