diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
index 2e997b6fbdb1..5e708c0d466f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/eboot.c
@@ -435,11 +435,10 @@ struct boot_params *make_boot_params(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *_table)
 	struct efi_info *efi;
 	efi_loaded_image_t *image;
 	void *options;
-	u32 load_options_size;
 	efi_guid_t proto = LOADED_IMAGE_PROTOCOL_GUID;
 	int options_size = 0;
 	efi_status_t status;
-	unsigned long cmdline;
+	char *cmdline_ptr;
 	u16 *s2;
 	u8 *s1;
 	int i;
@@ -487,41 +486,11 @@ struct boot_params *make_boot_params(void *handle, efi_system_table_t *_table)
 	hdr->type_of_loader = 0x21;
 
 	/* Convert unicode cmdline to ascii */
-	options = image->load_options;
-	load_options_size = image->load_options_size / 2; /* ASCII */
-	cmdline = 0;
-	s2 = (u16 *)options;
-
-	if (s2) {
-		while (*s2 && *s2 != '\n' && options_size < load_options_size) {
-			s2++;
-			options_size++;
-		}
-
-		if (options_size) {
-			if (options_size > hdr->cmdline_size)
-				options_size = hdr->cmdline_size;
-
-			options_size++;	/* NUL termination */
-
-			status = efi_low_alloc(sys_table, options_size, 1,
-					   &cmdline);
-			if (status != EFI_SUCCESS) {
-				efi_printk(sys_table, "Failed to alloc mem for cmdline\n");
-				goto fail;
-			}
-
-			s1 = (u8 *)(unsigned long)cmdline;
-			s2 = (u16 *)options;
-
-			for (i = 0; i < options_size - 1; i++)
-				*s1++ = *s2++;
-
-			*s1 = '\0';
-		}
-	}
-
-	hdr->cmd_line_ptr = cmdline;
+	cmdline_ptr = efi_convert_cmdline_to_ascii(sys_table, image,
+						   &options_size);
+	if (!cmdline_ptr)
+		goto fail;
+	hdr->cmd_line_ptr = (unsigned long)cmdline_ptr;
 
 	hdr->ramdisk_image = 0;
 	hdr->ramdisk_size = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c
index 361e24d8d665..96665b730c51 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/efi-stub-helper.c
@@ -554,3 +554,64 @@ static efi_status_t efi_relocate_kernel(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
 
 	return status;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Convert the unicode UEFI command line to ASCII to pass to kernel.
+ * Size of memory allocated return in *cmd_line_len.
+ * Returns NULL on error.
+ */
+static char *efi_convert_cmdline_to_ascii(efi_system_table_t *sys_table_arg,
+				      efi_loaded_image_t *image,
+				      int *cmd_line_len)
+{
+	u16 *s2;
+	u8 *s1 = NULL;
+	unsigned long cmdline_addr = 0;
+	int load_options_size = image->load_options_size / 2; /* ASCII */
+	void *options = image->load_options;
+	int options_size = 0;
+	efi_status_t status;
+	int i;
+	u16 zero = 0;
+
+	if (options) {
+		s2 = options;
+		while (*s2 && *s2 != '\n' && options_size < load_options_size) {
+			s2++;
+			options_size++;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (options_size == 0) {
+		/* No command line options, so return empty string*/
+		options_size = 1;
+		options = &zero;
+	}
+
+	options_size++;  /* NUL termination */
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARM
+	/*
+	 * For ARM, allocate at a high address to avoid reserved
+	 * regions at low addresses that we don't know the specfics of
+	 * at the time we are processing the command line.
+	 */
+	status = efi_high_alloc(sys_table_arg, options_size, 0,
+			    &cmdline_addr, 0xfffff000);
+#else
+	status = efi_low_alloc(sys_table_arg, options_size, 0,
+			    &cmdline_addr);
+#endif
+	if (status != EFI_SUCCESS)
+		return NULL;
+
+	s1 = (u8 *)cmdline_addr;
+	s2 = (u16 *)options;
+
+	for (i = 0; i < options_size - 1; i++)
+		*s1++ = *s2++;
+
+	*s1 = '\0';
+
+	*cmd_line_len = options_size;
+	return (char *)cmdline_addr;
+}