diff --git a/board/emulation/qemu-x86/start.S b/board/emulation/qemu-x86/start.S
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015, Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
+ */
+
+.globl early_board_init
+early_board_init:
+	jmp	early_board_init_ret