diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 0ce968b00b7c..d230158c9770 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -336,7 +336,7 @@ int alloc_bootmem_huge_page(struct hstate *hstate)
 unsigned long gpage_npages[MMU_PAGE_COUNT];
 
 static int __init do_gpage_early_setup(char *param, char *val,
-				       const char *unused)
+				       const char *unused, void *arg)
 {
 	static phys_addr_t size;
 	unsigned long npages;
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ void __init reserve_hugetlb_gpages(void)
 
 	strlcpy(cmdline, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	parse_args("hugetlb gpages", cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0,
-			&do_gpage_early_setup);
+			NULL, &do_gpage_early_setup);
 
 	/*
 	 * Walk gpage list in reverse, allocating larger page sizes first.
diff --git a/include/linux/moduleparam.h b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
index 1c9effa25e26..13923709d30d 100644
--- a/include/linux/moduleparam.h
+++ b/include/linux/moduleparam.h
@@ -357,8 +357,9 @@ extern char *parse_args(const char *name,
 		      unsigned num,
 		      s16 level_min,
 		      s16 level_max,
+		      void *arg,
 		      int (*unknown)(char *param, char *val,
-			      const char *doing));
+				     const char *doing, void *arg));
 
 /* Called by module remove. */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 2115055faeac..edcb13440646 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ static int __init loglevel(char *str)
 early_param("loglevel", loglevel);
 
 /* Change NUL term back to "=", to make "param" the whole string. */
-static int __init repair_env_string(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
+static int __init repair_env_string(char *param, char *val,
+				    const char *unused, void *arg)
 {
 	if (val) {
 		/* param=val or param="val"? */
@@ -252,14 +253,15 @@ static int __init repair_env_string(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
 }
 
 /* Anything after -- gets handed straight to init. */
-static int __init set_init_arg(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
+static int __init set_init_arg(char *param, char *val,
+			       const char *unused, void *arg)
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 
 	if (panic_later)
 		return 0;
 
-	repair_env_string(param, val, unused);
+	repair_env_string(param, val, unused, NULL);
 
 	for (i = 0; argv_init[i]; i++) {
 		if (i == MAX_INIT_ARGS) {
@@ -276,9 +278,10 @@ static int __init set_init_arg(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
  * Unknown boot options get handed to init, unless they look like
  * unused parameters (modprobe will find them in /proc/cmdline).
  */
-static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
+static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val,
+				     const char *unused, void *arg)
 {
-	repair_env_string(param, val, unused);
+	repair_env_string(param, val, unused, NULL);
 
 	/* Handle obsolete-style parameters */
 	if (obsolete_checksetup(param))
@@ -410,7 +413,8 @@ static noinline void __init_refok rest_init(void)
 }
 
 /* Check for early params. */
-static int __init do_early_param(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
+static int __init do_early_param(char *param, char *val,
+				 const char *unused, void *arg)
 {
 	const struct obs_kernel_param *p;
 
@@ -429,7 +433,8 @@ static int __init do_early_param(char *param, char *val, const char *unused)
 
 void __init parse_early_options(char *cmdline)
 {
-	parse_args("early options", cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, do_early_param);
+	parse_args("early options", cmdline, NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL,
+		   do_early_param);
 }
 
 /* Arch code calls this early on, or if not, just before other parsing. */
@@ -535,10 +540,10 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init start_kernel(void)
 	after_dashes = parse_args("Booting kernel",
 				  static_command_line, __start___param,
 				  __stop___param - __start___param,
-				  -1, -1, &unknown_bootoption);
+				  -1, -1, NULL, &unknown_bootoption);
 	if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(after_dashes))
 		parse_args("Setting init args", after_dashes, NULL, 0, -1, -1,
-			   set_init_arg);
+			   NULL, set_init_arg);
 
 	jump_label_init();
 
@@ -847,7 +852,7 @@ static void __init do_initcall_level(int level)
 		   initcall_command_line, __start___param,
 		   __stop___param - __start___param,
 		   level, level,
-		   &repair_env_string);
+		   NULL, &repair_env_string);
 
 	for (fn = initcall_levels[level]; fn < initcall_levels[level+1]; fn++)
 		do_one_initcall(*fn);
diff --git a/kernel/module.c b/kernel/module.c
index 42a1d2afb217..24d1f31d02f2 100644
--- a/kernel/module.c
+++ b/kernel/module.c
@@ -3237,7 +3237,8 @@ static int complete_formation(struct module *mod, struct load_info *info)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int unknown_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val, const char *modname)
+static int unknown_module_param_cb(char *param, char *val, const char *modname,
+				   void *arg)
 {
 	/* Check for magic 'dyndbg' arg */
 	int ret = ddebug_dyndbg_module_param_cb(param, val, modname);
@@ -3342,7 +3343,8 @@ static int load_module(struct load_info *info, const char __user *uargs,
 
 	/* Module is ready to execute: parsing args may do that. */
 	after_dashes = parse_args(mod->name, mod->args, mod->kp, mod->num_kp,
-				  -32768, 32767, unknown_module_param_cb);
+				  -32768, 32767, NULL,
+				  unknown_module_param_cb);
 	if (IS_ERR(after_dashes)) {
 		err = PTR_ERR(after_dashes);
 		goto bug_cleanup;
diff --git a/kernel/params.c b/kernel/params.c
index a22d6a759b1a..30288c1e15dd 100644
--- a/kernel/params.c
+++ b/kernel/params.c
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
 		     unsigned num_params,
 		     s16 min_level,
 		     s16 max_level,
+		     void *arg,
 		     int (*handle_unknown)(char *param, char *val,
-				     const char *doing))
+				     const char *doing, void *arg))
 {
 	unsigned int i;
 	int err;
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ static int parse_one(char *param,
 
 	if (handle_unknown) {
 		pr_debug("doing %s: %s='%s'\n", doing, param, val);
-		return handle_unknown(param, val, doing);
+		return handle_unknown(param, val, doing, arg);
 	}
 
 	pr_debug("Unknown argument '%s'\n", param);
@@ -194,7 +195,9 @@ char *parse_args(const char *doing,
 		 unsigned num,
 		 s16 min_level,
 		 s16 max_level,
-		 int (*unknown)(char *param, char *val, const char *doing))
+		 void *arg,
+		 int (*unknown)(char *param, char *val,
+				const char *doing, void *arg))
 {
 	char *param, *val;
 
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ char *parse_args(const char *doing,
 			return args;
 		irq_was_disabled = irqs_disabled();
 		ret = parse_one(param, val, doing, params, num,
-				min_level, max_level, unknown);
+				min_level, max_level, arg, unknown);
 		if (irq_was_disabled && !irqs_disabled())
 			pr_warn("%s: option '%s' enabled irq's!\n",
 				doing, param);
diff --git a/lib/dynamic_debug.c b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
index d8f3d3150603..e491e02eff54 100644
--- a/lib/dynamic_debug.c
+++ b/lib/dynamic_debug.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static int ddebug_dyndbg_param_cb(char *param, char *val,
 
 /* handle both dyndbg and $module.dyndbg params at boot */
 static int ddebug_dyndbg_boot_param_cb(char *param, char *val,
-				const char *unused)
+				const char *unused, void *arg)
 {
 	vpr_info("%s=\"%s\"\n", param, val);
 	return ddebug_dyndbg_param_cb(param, val, NULL, 0);
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ static int __init dynamic_debug_init(void)
 	 */
 	cmdline = kstrdup(saved_command_line, GFP_KERNEL);
 	parse_args("dyndbg params", cmdline, NULL,
-		   0, 0, 0, &ddebug_dyndbg_boot_param_cb);
+		   0, 0, 0, NULL, &ddebug_dyndbg_boot_param_cb);
 	kfree(cmdline);
 	return 0;