diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 93acb3c1859d565e92774ed4700028ed10c4bbb0..107e492cb47efa8fab159a8714d89cdcac29d5ae 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
+	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC if !64BIT
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 	def_bool y