diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
index c882e1f67af0..d8c5de40669d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 #include "misc.h"
 #include <asm/bootparam.h>
+#include <asm/bootparam_utils.h>
 #include <asm/e820/types.h>
 #include <asm/processor.h>
 #include "pgtable.h"
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ asmlinkage void configure_5level_paging(struct boot_params *bp, void *pgtable)
 	bool l5_required = false;
 
 	/* Initialize boot_params. Required for cmdline_find_option_bool(). */
+	sanitize_boot_params(bp);
 	boot_params_ptr = bp;
 
 	/*