diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index 363000a77ffc74c8afd101537d14535fe20d8933..1020a11a24e50ea8dd629876fda04ef3480058a1 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 #include <linux/delay.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/irqflags.h>
@@ -207,6 +208,8 @@ static int pcpu_alloc_lowcore(struct pcpu *pcpu, int cpu)
 				kmem_cache_alloc(pcpu_mcesa_cache, GFP_KERNEL);
 			if (!mcesa_origin)
 				goto out;
+			/* The pointer is stored with mcesa_bits ORed in */
+			kmemleak_not_leak((void *) mcesa_origin);
 			mcesa_bits = MACHINE_HAS_GS ? 11 : 0;
 		}
 	} else {