1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/hw/s390-virtio.c b/hw/s390-virtio.c
index 1ebe70d0e3..c79784c0c8 100644
--- a/hw/s390-virtio.c
+++ b/hw/s390-virtio.c
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static void s390_init(ram_addr_t my_ram_size,
         memcpy(rom_ptr(INITRD_PARM_SIZE), &initrd_size, 8);
     }
 
-    if (kernel_cmdline) {
+    if (rom_ptr(KERN_PARM_AREA)) {
         /* we have to overwrite values in the kernel image, which are "rom" */
         memcpy(rom_ptr(KERN_PARM_AREA), kernel_cmdline,
                strlen(kernel_cmdline) + 1);