diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
index 8c5570366a0e8e1669eed2214ec7ac3cde608b48..a3ff9b01bf7d8636e64da98f9e80c6c777a416a8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/lowcore.h
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ union save_area {
 #define LC_ORDER 1
 #endif
 
+#define LC_PAGES (1UL << LC_ORDER)
+
 struct _lowcore
 {
 #ifndef __s390x__
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/suspend.c b/arch/s390/kernel/suspend.c
index 086bee970cae501fbe579e0dda107c2438c13623..cf9e5c6d55274ce2da221e5f258fab08c58ee21e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/suspend.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/suspend.c
@@ -6,36 +6,26 @@
  * Author(s): Hans-Joachim Picht <hans@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
  */
 
-#include <linux/suspend.h>
-#include <linux/reboot.h>
 #include <linux/pfn.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <asm/sections.h>
 #include <asm/system.h>
-#include <asm/ipl.h>
 
 /*
  * References to section boundaries
  */
 extern const void __nosave_begin, __nosave_end;
 
-/*
- *  check if given pfn is in the 'nosave' or in the read only NSS section
- */
 int pfn_is_nosave(unsigned long pfn)
 {
-	unsigned long nosave_begin_pfn = __pa(&__nosave_begin) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	unsigned long nosave_end_pfn = PAGE_ALIGN(__pa(&__nosave_end))
-					>> PAGE_SHIFT;
-	unsigned long eshared_pfn = PFN_DOWN(__pa(&_eshared)) - 1;
-	unsigned long stext_pfn = PFN_DOWN(__pa(&_stext));
+	unsigned long nosave_begin_pfn = PFN_DOWN(__pa(&__nosave_begin));
+	unsigned long nosave_end_pfn = PFN_DOWN(__pa(&__nosave_end));
 
+	/* Always save lowcore pages (LC protection might be enabled). */
+	if (pfn <= LC_PAGES)
+		return 0;
 	if (pfn >= nosave_begin_pfn && pfn < nosave_end_pfn)
 		return 1;
-	if (pfn >= stext_pfn && pfn <= eshared_pfn) {
-		if (ipl_info.type == IPL_TYPE_NSS)
-			return 1;
-	} else if ((tprot(pfn * PAGE_SIZE) && pfn > 0))
+	/* Skip memory holes and read-only pages (NSS, DCSS, ...). */
+	if (tprot(PFN_PHYS(pfn)))
 		return 1;
 	return 0;
 }