diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
index eb39e7e380d7e27b24f6bae39ae0e6c3583511e3..841db71958cdb50dff183dd058a9b09a5ec81421 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/process.c
@@ -210,12 +210,6 @@ void __cpuidle arch_cpu_idle(void)
 
 static int __init parisc_idle_init(void)
 {
-	const char *marker;
-
-	/* check QEMU/SeaBIOS marker in PAGE0 */
-	marker = (char *) &PAGE0->pad0;
-	running_on_qemu = (memcmp(marker, "SeaBIOS", 8) == 0);
-
 	if (!running_on_qemu)
 		cpu_idle_poll_ctrl(1);
 
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
index 15dd9e21be7eac6d1fcf37d67f72de9b227bfa75..d908058d05c10bf4880e361070c30a42b668fd7e 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/setup.c
@@ -397,6 +397,9 @@ void __init start_parisc(void)
 	int ret, cpunum;
 	struct pdc_coproc_cfg coproc_cfg;
 
+	/* check QEMU/SeaBIOS marker in PAGE0 */
+	running_on_qemu = (memcmp(&PAGE0->pad0, "SeaBIOS", 8) == 0);
+
 	cpunum = smp_processor_id();
 
 	init_cpu_topology();