diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
index 175ff6c71735d176165a4150d6b6071b175ea416..b20934d9198636c7625c5d1a7ceba97c9aca4ab8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
 
 purgatory-y := head.o purgatory.o string.o sha256.o mem.o
 
-targets += $(purgatory-y) purgatory.lds purgatory purgatory.ro kexec-purgatory.c
+targets += $(purgatory-y) purgatory.lds purgatory purgatory.ro
 PURGATORY_OBJS = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(purgatory-y))
 
 $(obj)/sha256.o: $(srctree)/lib/sha256.c FORCE
@@ -34,10 +34,7 @@ OBJCOPYFLAGS_purgatory.ro += --remove-section='.note.*'
 $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(obj)/purgatory FORCE
 		$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
-quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
-      cmd_bin2c = $(objtree)/scripts/bin2c kexec_purgatory < $< > $@
-
-$(obj)/kexec-purgatory.c: $(obj)/purgatory.ro FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,bin2c)
+$(obj)/kexec-purgatory.o: $(obj)/kexec-purgatory.S $(obj)/purgatory.ro FORCE
+	$(call if_changed_rule,as_o_S)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY) += kexec-purgatory.o
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/kexec-purgatory.S b/arch/s390/purgatory/kexec-purgatory.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8293753100aea9221b4e9b2dd7971b3c40b46391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/kexec-purgatory.S
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+
+	.section .rodata, "a"
+
+	.align	8
+kexec_purgatory:
+	.globl	kexec_purgatory
+	.incbin	"arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.ro"
+.Lkexec_purgatroy_end:
+
+	.align	8
+kexec_purgatory_size:
+	.globl	kexec_purgatory_size
+	.quad	.Lkexec_purgatroy_end - kexec_purgatory