diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
index afd4f051f3f..bdc499c1787 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup-common.c
@@ -720,6 +720,33 @@ static int powerpc_debugfs_init(void)
 arch_initcall(powerpc_debugfs_init);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT
+extern u32 booke_wdt_enabled;
+extern u32 booke_wdt_period;
+
+/* Checks wdt=x and wdt_period=xx command-line option */
+notrace int __init early_parse_wdt(char *p)
+{
+	if (p && strncmp(p, "0", 1) != 0)
+		booke_wdt_enabled = 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("wdt", early_parse_wdt);
+
+int __init early_parse_wdt_period(char *p)
+{
+	unsigned long ret;
+	if (p) {
+		if (!kstrtol(p, 0, &ret))
+			booke_wdt_period = ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("wdt_period", early_parse_wdt_period);
+#endif	/* CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT */
+
 void ppc_printk_progress(char *s, unsigned short hex)
 {
 	pr_info("%s\n", s);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
index ec8a53fa9e8..a8f54ecb091 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_32.c
@@ -149,30 +149,6 @@ notrace void __init machine_init(u64 dt_ptr)
 		ppc_md.progress("id mach(): done", 0x200);
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT
-extern u32 booke_wdt_enabled;
-extern u32 booke_wdt_period;
-
-/* Checks wdt=x and wdt_period=xx command-line option */
-notrace int __init early_parse_wdt(char *p)
-{
-	if (p && strncmp(p, "0", 1) != 0)
-	       booke_wdt_enabled = 1;
-
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("wdt", early_parse_wdt);
-
-int __init early_parse_wdt_period (char *p)
-{
-	if (p)
-		booke_wdt_period = simple_strtoul(p, NULL, 0);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-early_param("wdt_period", early_parse_wdt_period);
-#endif	/* CONFIG_BOOKE_WDT */
-
 /* Checks "l2cr=xxxx" command-line option */
 int __init ppc_setup_l2cr(char *str)
 {