diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index 2ce2c8e8c99c..c35ba8bce7cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ int after_bootmem;
 
 static int page_size_mask;
 
-int direct_gbpages = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DIRECT_GBPAGES);
+early_param_on_off("gbpages", "nogbpages",
+		   direct_gbpages, CONFIG_DIRECT_GBPAGES);
 
 static void __init init_gbpages(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 30eb05ae7061..3fba623e3ba5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -130,20 +130,6 @@ int kernel_ident_mapping_init(struct x86_mapping_info *info, pgd_t *pgd_page,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __init parse_direct_gbpages_off(char *arg)
-{
-	direct_gbpages = 0;
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("nogbpages", parse_direct_gbpages_off);
-
-static int __init parse_direct_gbpages_on(char *arg)
-{
-	direct_gbpages = 1;
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("gbpages", parse_direct_gbpages_on);
-
 /*
  * NOTE: pagetable_init alloc all the fixmap pagetables contiguous on the
  * physical space so we can cache the place of the first one and move