diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 107bb4319e0e..276b06d5c961 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ config PPC
 	select EDAC_SUPPORT
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64			if PPC32
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST	if SMP
+	select GENERIC_CMDLINE
 	select GENERIC_CMOS_UPDATE
 	select GENERIC_CPU_AUTOPROBE
 	select GENERIC_CPU_VULNERABILITIES	if PPC_BARRIER_NOSPEC
@@ -906,42 +907,6 @@ config PPC_DENORMALISATION
 	  Add support for handling denormalisation of single precision
 	  values.  Useful for bare metal only.  If unsure say Y here.
 
-config CMDLINE
-	string "Initial kernel command string"
-	default ""
-	help
-	  On some platforms, there is currently no way for the boot loader to
-	  pass arguments to the kernel. For these platforms, you can supply
-	  some command-line options at build time by entering them here.  In
-	  most cases you will need to specify the root device here.
-
-choice
-	prompt "Kernel command line type" if CMDLINE != ""
-	default CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
-
-config CMDLINE_FROM_BOOTLOADER
-	bool "Use bootloader kernel arguments if available"
-	help
-	  Uses the command-line options passed by the boot loader. If
-	  the boot loader doesn't provide any, the default kernel command
-	  string provided in CMDLINE will be used.
-
-config CMDLINE_EXTEND
-	bool "Extend bootloader kernel arguments"
-	help
-	  The command-line arguments provided by the boot loader will be
-	  appended to the default kernel command string.
-
-config CMDLINE_FORCE
-	bool "Always use the default kernel command string"
-	help
-	  Always use the default kernel command string, even if the boot
-	  loader passes other arguments to the kernel.
-	  This is useful if you cannot or don't want to change the
-	  command-line options your boot loader passes to the kernel.
-
-endchoice
-
 config EXTRA_TARGETS
 	string "Additional default image types"
 	help
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
index ae3c41730367..96d0a01be1b4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/irq.h>
 #include <linux/memblock.h>
 #include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/cmdline.h>
 #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
 #include <linux/libfdt.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
index e9d4eb6144e1..d752be688b62 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom_init.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <linux/initrd.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/pgtable.h>
+#include <linux/cmdline.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
 #include <asm/rtas.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
@@ -242,15 +243,6 @@ static int __init prom_strcmp(const char *cs, const char *ct)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static char __init *prom_strcpy(char *dest, const char *src)
-{
-	char *tmp = dest;
-
-	while ((*dest++ = *src++) != '\0')
-		/* nothing */;
-	return tmp;
-}
-
 static int __init prom_strncmp(const char *cs, const char *ct, size_t count)
 {
 	unsigned char c1, c2;
@@ -276,6 +268,19 @@ static size_t __init prom_strlen(const char *s)
 	return sc - s;
 }
 
+static size_t __init prom_strlcpy(char *dest, const char *src, size_t size)
+{
+	size_t ret = prom_strlen(src);
+
+	if (size) {
+		size_t len = (ret >= size) ? size - 1 : ret;
+		memcpy(dest, src, len);
+		dest[len] = '\0';
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
+
 static int __init prom_memcmp(const void *cs, const void *ct, size_t count)
 {
 	const unsigned char *su1, *su2;
@@ -778,9 +783,9 @@ static void __init early_cmdline_parse(void)
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE) && (long)prom.chosen > 0)
 		l = prom_getprop(prom.chosen, "bootargs", p, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE-1);
 
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CMDLINE_EXTEND) || l <= 0 || p[0] == '\0')
-		prom_strlcat(prom_cmd_line, " " CONFIG_CMDLINE,
-			     sizeof(prom_cmd_line));
+	if (l <= 0 || p[0] == '\0') /* dbl check */
+		cmdline_add_builtin_custom(prom_cmd_line, NULL, sizeof(prom_cmd_line),
+					__prombss, &prom_strlcpy, &prom_strlcat);
 
 	prom_printf("command line: %s\n", prom_cmd_line);
 
@@ -2706,7 +2711,7 @@ static void __init flatten_device_tree(void)
 
 	/* Add "phandle" in there, we'll need it */
 	namep = make_room(&mem_start, &mem_end, 16, 1);
-	prom_strcpy(namep, "phandle");
+	prom_strlcpy(namep, "phandle", 8);
 	mem_start = (unsigned long)namep + prom_strlen(namep) + 1;
 
 	/* Build string array */
