diff --git a/arch/blackfin/mach-bf548/head.S b/arch/blackfin/mach-bf548/head.S
index 532ed09..3071c24 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/mach-bf548/head.S
+++ b/arch/blackfin/mach-bf548/head.S
@@ -125,6 +125,12 @@
 	FP = SP;
 	USP = SP;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+	SP += -12;
+	call _init_early_exception_vectors;
+	SP += 12;
+#endif
+
 	/* Put The Code for PLL Programming and SDRAM Programming in L1 ISRAM */
 	call _bf53x_relocate_l1_mem;
 #if CONFIG_BFIN_KERNEL_CLOCK