diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 170d8567d..e841ef625 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ linux-2.6 (2.6.23-1~experimental.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     enable NFSv4 and ip6tables support requested by Wouter Verhelst.
   * [arm/iop32x] Enable Intel IOP ADMA support.
   * [arm] Mark BCM43XX as broken on ARM.
+  * [mips/r4k-ip22] Disable EARLY PRINTK because it breaks serial console.
 
   [ Bastian Blank ]
   * Add unpriviledged only Xen support.
diff --git a/debian/patches/bugfix/mips/ip22-disable-early-printk.patch b/debian/patches/bugfix/mips/ip22-disable-early-printk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b50c85011
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/bugfix/mips/ip22-disable-early-printk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+From:	tsbogend@alpha.franken.de (Thomas Bogendoerfer)
+Date:	Tue, 11 Sep 2007 12:44:59 +0200
+To:	linux-mips@linux-mips.org
+Subject: [PATCH] IP22: Disable EARLY PRINTK, because it breaks serial console
+
+Disable EARLY PRINTK, because it breaks serial console
+
+Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
+---
+ arch/mips/Kconfig |    1 -
+ 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+index 3b807b4..1f0502d 100644
+--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
++++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
+@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ config SGI_IP22
+ 	select SWAP_IO_SPACE
+ 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R4X00
+ 	select SYS_HAS_CPU_R5000
+-	select SYS_HAS_EARLY_PRINTK
+ 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
+ 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL
+ 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_BIG_ENDIAN
+-- 
+1.4.4.4
+
diff --git a/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1 b/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1
index 138883aed..fbd63eab7 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1
+++ b/debian/patches/series/1~experimental.1
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 + bugfix/mips/tulip_dc21143.patch
 + bugfix/mips/cobalt-ide-resources.patch
 + bugfix/mips/bcm1480-pci-build-fix.patch
++ bugfix/mips/ip22-disable-early-printk.patch
 + features/arm/ixp4xx-npe-driver-0.3.1.patch
 + features/arm/ixp4xx-net-driver-improve-mac-handling.patch
 + features/arm/nslu2-i2c-gpio-driver-support.patch