diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-parallella.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-parallella.dts
index 9efd16cb2859..307ed201d658 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-parallella.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-parallella.dts
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 	};
 
 	chosen {
-		bootargs = "earlyprintk root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rw rootwait";
+		bootargs = "earlycon root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootfstype=ext4 rw rootwait";
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
 	};
 };
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc702.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc702.dts
index cb64209bca08..e96959b2e67a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc702.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc702.dts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	};
 
 	chosen {
-		bootargs = "earlyprintk";
+		bootargs = "earlycon";
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc706.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc706.dts
index abf5d238ae04..be6a986bbbd8 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc706.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zc706.dts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 	};
 
 	chosen {
-		bootargs = "earlyprintk";
+		bootargs = "earlycon";
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zed.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zed.dts
index b9f2522012e8..7250c1eac7f9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zed.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zed.dts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	};
 
 	chosen {
-		bootargs = "earlyprintk";
+		bootargs = "earlycon";
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
 	};
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zybo.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zybo.dts
index 8f085b3d23cd..d9e0f3e70671 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zybo.dts
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/zynq-zybo.dts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	};
 
 	chosen {
-		bootargs = "earlyprintk";
+		bootargs = "earlycon";
 		stdout-path = "serial0:115200n8";
 	};