diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
index 0c8aaa2bfe07fca5db3f9d6b1452696b4a5c30dd..507d7506e59c5a9142fb5bce3d8a1c21bad8c2fe 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/image/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ define Build/loader-common
 	$(MAKE) -C lzma-loader \
 		PKG_BUILD_DIR="$@.src" \
 		TARGET_DIR="$(dir $@)" LOADER_NAME="$(notdir $@)" \
-		KERNEL_CMDLINE="$(CMDLINE)" BOARD="$(BOARDNAME)" \
+		BOARD="$(BOARDNAME)" \
 		LZMA_TEXT_START=0x80a00000 LOADADDR=0x80060000 \
 		$(1) compile loader.$(LOADER_TYPE)
 	mv "$@.$(LOADER_TYPE)" "$@"
@@ -86,13 +86,17 @@ define Build/loader-common
 endef
 
 define Build/loader-okli-compile
-	$(call Build/loader-common,FLASH_OFFS=$(LOADER_FLASH_OFFS) FLASH_MAX=0)
+	$(call Build/loader-common,FLASH_OFFS=$(LOADER_FLASH_OFFS) FLASH_MAX=0 KERNEL_CMDLINE="$(CMDLINE)")
 endef
 
 define Build/loader-kernel
 	$(call Build/loader-common,LOADER_DATA="$@")
 endef
 
+define Build/loader-kernel-cmdline
+	$(call Build/loader-common,LOADER_DATA="$@" KERNEL_CMDLINE="$(CMDLINE)")
+endef
+
 define Build/loader-okli
 	dd if=$(KDIR)/loader-$(1).gz bs=7680 conv=sync of="$@.new"
 	cat "$@" >> "$@.new"
@@ -278,7 +282,7 @@ $(Device/tplink)
   COMPILE := loader-$(1).gz
   COMPILE/loader-$(1).gz := loader-okli-compile
   KERNEL := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux.bin.lzma | uImage lzma -M 0x4f4b4c49 | loader-okli $(1)
-  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux-initramfs.bin.lzma | loader-kernel | mktplinkfw-initramfs
+  KERNEL_INITRAMFS := copy-file $(KDIR)/vmlinux-initramfs.bin.lzma | loader-kernel-cmdline | mktplinkfw-initramfs
 endef
 
 define Device/tplink-4m