diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 82cbffd0365495cd7a87fbef95c7d7280823291a..f0e7ccf1b2067b1ee43ff50559b46662e033ff2b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ config NO_IOMEM
 config NO_DMA
 	def_bool y
 
+config GENERIC_LOCKBREAK
+	bool
+	default y
+	depends on SMP && PREEMPT
+
 mainmenu "Linux Kernel Configuration"
 
 config S390