diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index e083fac08aed..020972fed117 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	page_alloc_init();
 
 	pr_notice("Kernel command line: %s\n", boot_command_line);
+	/* parameters may set static keys */
+	jump_label_init();
 	parse_early_param();
 	after_dashes = parse_args("Booting kernel",
 				  static_command_line, __start___param,
@@ -577,8 +579,6 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 		parse_args("Setting init args", after_dashes, NULL, 0, -1, -1,
 			   NULL, set_init_arg);
 
-	jump_label_init();
-
 	/*
 	 * These use large bootmem allocations and must precede
 	 * kmem_cache_init()