diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/head.S b/arch/s390/kernel/head.S
index bba14494ee007c0dfd474304b16c3ccbfe3cc129..22596d70fc2e8961f1e29dc80305248b20028c79 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/head.S
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
  *
  */
 
+#include <linux/init.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/lowcore.h>
 #include <asm/asm-offsets.h>
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@
 #define ARCH_OFFSET	0
 #endif
 
-.section ".text.head","ax"
+__HEAD
 #ifndef CONFIG_IPL
 	.org   0
 	.long  0x00080000,0x80000000+startup	# Just a restart PSW
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 7a2063eb88f0ffac77a573d24d2653dc7aaf3c24..89399b8756c2bae265601ba314bfb51dd9493f0f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ SECTIONS
 	. = 0x00000000;
 	.text : {
 	_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data */
-		*(.text.head)
-	TEXT_TEXT
+		HEAD_TEXT
+		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		LOCK_TEXT
 		KPROBES_TEXT