diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
index 5fdb799062b7abfa1471488fd2582660cd56b08a..4fe952e557ac3bf683bb9535ff89b553035aad25 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ asmlinkage long s390x_newuname(struct new_utsname __user *name)
 {
 	int ret = sys_newuname(name);
 
-	if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 && !ret) {
+	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 && !ret) {
 		ret = copy_to_user(name->machine, "s390\0\0\0\0", 8);
 		if (ret) ret = -EFAULT;
 	}