diff --git a/core/arch/arm/kernel/boot.c b/core/arch/arm/kernel/boot.c
index 2e34a9b9dda..dc86bb1e13c 100644
--- a/core/arch/arm/kernel/boot.c
+++ b/core/arch/arm/kernel/boot.c
@@ -1248,9 +1248,9 @@ static void init_secondary_helper(unsigned long nsec_entry)
  * Note: this function is weak just to make it possible to exclude it from
  * the unpaged area so that it lies in the init area.
  */
-void __weak boot_init_primary_early(unsigned long pageable_part,
-				    unsigned long nsec_entry __unused)
+void __weak boot_init_primary_early(void)
 {
+	unsigned long pageable_part = 0;
 	unsigned long e = PADDR_INVALID;
 
 	if (!IS_ENABLED(CFG_WITH_ARM_TRUSTED_FW))
diff --git a/core/arch/arm/kernel/link_dummies_init.c b/core/arch/arm/kernel/link_dummies_init.c
index 7d808c860cf..c3617b2a808 100644
--- a/core/arch/arm/kernel/link_dummies_init.c
+++ b/core/arch/arm/kernel/link_dummies_init.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ core_init_mmu_map(unsigned long seed __unused,
 }
 
 void __section(".text.dummy.boot_init_primary_early")
-boot_init_primary_early(unsigned long pageable_part __unused,
-			unsigned long nsec_entry __unused)
+boot_init_primary_early(void)
 {
 }
diff --git a/core/arch/riscv/kernel/boot.c b/core/arch/riscv/kernel/boot.c
index 16c424cefa4..0816b0a7bd8 100644
--- a/core/arch/riscv/kernel/boot.c
+++ b/core/arch/riscv/kernel/boot.c
@@ -124,8 +124,7 @@ __weak void boot_secondary_init_intc(void)
 {
 }
 
-void boot_init_primary_early(unsigned long pageable_part __unused,
-			     unsigned long nsec_entry __unused)
+void boot_init_primary_early(void)
 {
 	unsigned long e = PADDR_INVALID;
 
diff --git a/core/include/kernel/boot.h b/core/include/kernel/boot.h
index e960c3e8e04..bf78d5c3808 100644
--- a/core/include/kernel/boot.h
+++ b/core/include/kernel/boot.h
@@ -42,9 +42,7 @@ struct boot_embdata {
 
 extern const struct core_mmu_config boot_mmu_config;
 
-/* @nsec_entry is unused if using CFG_WITH_ARM_TRUSTED_FW */
-void boot_init_primary_early(unsigned long pageable_part,
-			     unsigned long nsec_entry);
+void boot_init_primary_early(void);
 void boot_init_primary_late(unsigned long fdt, unsigned long manifest);
 void boot_init_memtag(void);
 void boot_save_args(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2,