diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 1a5da2c2660c88..5803ecb411ab5c 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -400,9 +400,8 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
 	char *data, *copy;
 	int ret;
 
+	/* Cut out the bootconfig data even if we have no bootconfig option */
 	data = get_boot_config_from_initrd(&size, &csum);
-	if (!data)
-		goto not_found;
 
 	strlcpy(tmp_cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	parse_args("bootconfig", tmp_cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
@@ -411,6 +410,11 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
 	if (!bootconfig_found)
 		return;
 
+	if (!data) {
+		pr_err("'bootconfig' found on command line, but no bootconfig found\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
 	if (size >= XBC_DATA_MAX) {
 		pr_err("bootconfig size %d greater than max size %d\n",
 			size, XBC_DATA_MAX);
@@ -446,8 +450,6 @@ static void __init setup_boot_config(const char *cmdline)
 		extra_init_args = xbc_make_cmdline("init");
 	}
 	return;
-not_found:
-	pr_err("'bootconfig' found on command line, but no bootconfig found\n");
 }
 
 #else