diff --git a/arch/x86/pci/common.c b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
index 3a5261b..d19fd07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/pci/common.c
+++ b/arch/x86/pci/common.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 unsigned int pci_probe = PCI_PROBE_BIOS | PCI_PROBE_CONF1 | PCI_PROBE_CONF2 |
 				PCI_PROBE_MMCONF;
 
+unsigned int pci_early_dump_regs;
 static int pci_bf_sort;
 int pci_routeirq;
 int pcibios_last_bus = -1;
@@ -511,6 +512,9 @@
 	} else if (!strcmp(str, "use_crs")) {
 		pci_probe |= PCI_USE__CRS;
 		return NULL;
+	} else if (!strcmp(str, "earlydump")) {
+		pci_early_dump_regs = 1;
+		return NULL;
 	} else if (!strcmp(str, "routeirq")) {
 		pci_routeirq = 1;
 		return NULL;