diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/elf.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/elf.h
index 563ab9f44874f97cebf99fbe9f961e3fad2861fb..1736c7d3c94c7e3fe32a5a44c5f5ddb02dbaaa9f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/elf.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/elf.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ do {								\
 #define MMAP_ALIGN_MASK	(is_compat_task() ? 0 : 0x7fUL)
 #define STACK_RND_MASK	MMAP_RND_MASK
 
+/* update AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH if the number of NEW_AUX_ENT entries changes */
 #define ARCH_DLINFO							    \
 do {									    \
 	if (vdso_enabled)						    \
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
index a1f153e89133935f567d6029c0a196efe780b6b8..c53e08442255c1bafd1319c3f877fd38c8e46c18 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/auxvec.h
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 
 #define AT_SYSINFO_EHDR		33
 
+#define AT_VECTOR_SIZE_ARCH 1 /* entries in ARCH_DLINFO */
+
 #endif