diff -drupN a/init/initramfs.c b/init/initramfs.c
--- a/init/initramfs.c	2018-08-06 17:23:04.000000000 +0300
+++ b/init/initramfs.c	2022-06-12 05:28:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 #include <linux/dirent.h>
 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/utime.h>
+#include <linux/initramfs.h>
 #include <linux/file.h>
 
 static ssize_t __init xwrite(int fd, const char *p, size_t count)
@@ -606,9 +607,28 @@ static void __init clean_rootfs(void)
 }
 #endif
 
+static int __initdata do_skip_initramfs;
+
+static int __init skip_initramfs_param(char *str)
+{
+	if (*str)
+		return 0;
+	do_skip_initramfs = 1;
+	return 1;
+}
+__setup("skip_initramfs", skip_initramfs_param);
+
 static int __init populate_rootfs(void)
 {
-	char *err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
+	char *err;
+
+	if (do_skip_initramfs) {
+		if (initrd_start)
+			free_initrd();
+		return default_rootfs();
+	}
+
+	err = unpack_to_rootfs(__initramfs_start, __initramfs_size);
 	if (err)
 		panic("%s", err); /* Failed to decompress INTERNAL initramfs */
 	if (initrd_start) {