diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index caa421ba078f..4192fe6ec3da 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1780,6 +1780,13 @@ static const char *sysctl_find_alias(char *param)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param)
+{
+	const char *alias = sysctl_find_alias(param);
+
+	return alias != NULL;
+}
+
 /* Set sysctl value passed on kernel command line. */
 static int process_sysctl_arg(char *param, char *val,
 			       const char *unused, void *arg)
diff --git a/include/linux/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sysctl.h
index 47cf70c8eb93..32d79ef906e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysctl.h
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ extern void __register_sysctl_init(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table,
 				 const char *table_name);
 #define register_sysctl_init(path, table) __register_sysctl_init(path, table, #table)
 void do_sysctl_args(void);
+bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param);
 
 extern int pwrsw_enabled;
 extern int unaligned_enabled;
@@ -251,6 +252,11 @@ static inline void setup_sysctl_set(struct ctl_table_set *p,
 static inline void do_sysctl_args(void)
 {
 }
+
+static inline bool sysctl_is_alias(char *param)
+{
+	return false;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_SYSCTL */
 
 int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index 63737af8de51..5c81d7fb2fe9 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -540,6 +540,10 @@ static int __init unknown_bootoption(char *param, char *val,
 {
 	size_t len = strlen(param);
 
+	/* Handle params aliased to sysctls */
+	if (sysctl_is_alias(param))
+		return 0;
+
 	repair_env_string(param, val);
 
 	/* Handle obsolete-style parameters */