diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S b/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S
index a1372ae24ae111229cc532a1f638abfc9f0b75f8..9a99856df1c93ea4d23612d7e2c4670cd82a1a81 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/head31.S
@@ -78,10 +78,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_continue)
 
 ENTRY(_ehead)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL
 	.org	0x100000 - 0x11000	# head.o ends at 0x11000
-#endif
-
 #
 # startup-code, running in absolute addressing mode
 #
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S b/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
index c108af28bbe890b95ec606300b1129e893071b87..b9e25ae2579c9f04c3d4bb422cab012c943dda58 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/head64.S
@@ -76,10 +76,7 @@ ENTRY(startup_continue)
 
 ENTRY(_ehead)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SHARED_KERNEL
 	.org	0x100000 - 0x11000	# head.o ends at 0x11000
-#endif
-
 #
 # startup-code, running in absolute addressing mode
 #