diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/init.c b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
index a04ffbb..a340569 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/init.c
@@ -32,19 +32,21 @@
 static unsigned long phys_initrd_start __initdata = 0;
 static unsigned long phys_initrd_size __initdata = 0;
 
-static void __init early_initrd(char **p)
+static int __init early_initrd(char *p)
 {
 	unsigned long start, size;
+	char *endp;
 
-	start = memparse(*p, p);
-	if (**p == ',') {
-		size = memparse((*p) + 1, p);
+	start = memparse(p, &endp);
+	if (*endp == ',') {
+		size = memparse(endp + 1, NULL);
 
 		phys_initrd_start = start;
 		phys_initrd_size = size;
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
-__early_param("initrd=", early_initrd);
+early_param("initrd", early_initrd);
 
 static int __init parse_tag_initrd(const struct tag *tag)
 {