diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
index b4a29eee41b8d59a7542ce040019a62b0e5f4be8..d0964d22adb5aecb66d94005483e04c7c282b657 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/sys_s390.c
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(s390_personality, unsigned int, personality)
 {
 	unsigned int ret;
 
-	if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 && personality == PER_LINUX)
-		personality = PER_LINUX32;
+	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 &&
+	    personality(personality) == PER_LINUX)
+		personality |= PER_LINUX32;
 	ret = sys_personality(personality);
-	if (ret == PER_LINUX32)
-		ret = PER_LINUX;
+	if (personality(ret) == PER_LINUX32)
+		ret &= ~PER_LINUX32;
 
 	return ret;
 }