diff --git a/kernel/panic.c b/kernel/panic.c
index 991bb87..6923167 100644
--- a/kernel/panic.c
+++ b/kernel/panic.c
@@ -433,3 +433,13 @@
 
 core_param(panic, panic_timeout, int, 0644);
 core_param(pause_on_oops, pause_on_oops, int, 0644);
+
+static int __init oops_setup(char *s)
+{
+	if (!s)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (!strcmp(s, "panic"))
+		panic_on_oops = 1;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("oops", oops_setup);