diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/head.S b/arch/s390/kernel/head.S
index 8f8c802f1bcfd86a07660a1b2e7dbd1d3cf80a06..83477c7dc743e39bcf79941f0f04a083ad265348 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/head.S
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define ARCH_OFFSET	0
 #endif
 
+.section ".text.head","ax"
 #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 6ab7d4ee13a47365f7454c85f019af64056fb4e9..b4622a3889b0575f86dea86ccf6ffa96bd25ec2d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ SECTIONS
   . = 0x00000000;
   _text = .;			/* Text and read-only data */
   .text : {
+	*(.text.head)
 	TEXT_TEXT
 	SCHED_TEXT
 	LOCK_TEXT
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index 92a565190028618e603a067802faa4c7a4caabe3..fd594d5fe142bed0d1f1f17256ee4f98d617ce14 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ struct memory_segment {
 
 static LIST_HEAD(mem_segs);
 
-void memmap_init(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
-		 unsigned long start_pfn)
+void __meminit memmap_init(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
+			   unsigned long start_pfn)
 {
 	struct page *start, *end;
 	struct page *map_start, *map_end;
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void memmap_init(unsigned long size, int nid, unsigned long zone,
 	}
 }
 
-static inline void *vmem_alloc_pages(unsigned int order)
+static void __init_refok *vmem_alloc_pages(unsigned int order)
 {
 	if (slab_is_available())
 		return (void *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, order);
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
index 743944ad61ecb44be0ba47a9f60ebad97e159730..4f2f81b16cfa277dfebd324513a60cdf400d3c1e 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/raw3270.c
@@ -147,8 +147,7 @@ raw3270_request_alloc(size_t size)
  * Allocate a new 3270 ccw request from bootmem. Only works very
  * early in the boot process. Only con3270.c should be using this.
  */
-struct raw3270_request *
-raw3270_request_alloc_bootmem(size_t size)
+struct raw3270_request __init *raw3270_request_alloc_bootmem(size_t size)
 {
 	struct raw3270_request *rq;
 
@@ -848,8 +847,7 @@ raw3270_setup_device(struct ccw_device *cdev, struct raw3270 *rp, char *ascebc)
 /*
  * Setup 3270 device configured as console.
  */
-struct raw3270 *
-raw3270_setup_console(struct ccw_device *cdev)
+struct raw3270 __init *raw3270_setup_console(struct ccw_device *cdev)
 {
 	struct raw3270 *rp;
 	char *ascebc;
diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
index 726334757bbf659d17b60d47d65297942ff60cb2..36fed6630f2edb0d6e51fb5241c62a17400c621a 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/sclp_vt220.c
@@ -621,8 +621,7 @@ sclp_vt220_flush_buffer(struct tty_struct *tty)
 /*
  * Initialize all relevant components and register driver with system.
  */
-static int
-__sclp_vt220_init(int early)
+static int __init_refok __sclp_vt220_init(int early)
 {
 	void *page;
 	int i;