diff --git a/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/Makefile b/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/Makefile
index 182cc8ebbf..f4ee8c396b 100644
--- a/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 subdir-y += sn
 
+obj-y += cmdline.o
 obj-y += efi.o
 obj-y += entry.o
 obj-y += irq_ia64.o
diff --git a/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/README.origin b/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/README.origin
index e667b05603..bfc3981e15 100644
--- a/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/README.origin
+++ b/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/README.origin
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # (e.g. with #ifdef XEN or XEN in a comment) so that they can be
 # easily updated to future versions of the corresponding Linux files.
 
+cmdline.c		-> linux/lib/cmdline.c
 efi.c			-> linux/arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c
 entry.h			-> linux/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.h
 entry.S			-> linux/arch/ia64/kernel/entry.S
diff --git a/xen/arch/ia64/linux/cmdline.c b/xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/cmdline.c
similarity index 100%
rename from xen/arch/ia64/linux/cmdline.c
rename to xen/arch/ia64/linux-xen/cmdline.c
diff --git a/xen/arch/ia64/linux/Makefile b/xen/arch/ia64/linux/Makefile
index 843c849fb9..4e55bcb3a4 100644
--- a/xen/arch/ia64/linux/Makefile
+++ b/xen/arch/ia64/linux/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ subdir-y += sn
 
 obj-y += bitop.o
 obj-y += clear_page.o
-obj-y += cmdline.o
 obj-y += copy_page_mck.o
 obj-y += efi_stub.o
 obj-y += extable.o
diff --git a/xen/arch/ia64/linux/README.origin b/xen/arch/ia64/linux/README.origin
index 9706a53502..f5f4677115 100644
--- a/xen/arch/ia64/linux/README.origin
+++ b/xen/arch/ia64/linux/README.origin
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ NOTE: DO NOT commit changes to these files!   If a file
 needs to be changed, move it to ../linux-xen and follow
 the instructions in the README there.
 
-cmdline.c		-> linux/lib/cmdline.c
 efi_stub.S		-> linux/arch/ia64/kernel/efi_stub.S
 extable.c		-> linux/arch/ia64/mm/extable.c
 hpsim.S			-> linux/arch/ia64/hp/sim/hpsim.S