diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index a281bd6e94db3e0f9dd308c173018699a3d26ac8..8a4cae78f03c91e510f307d25e8f5467211725c3 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -228,11 +228,12 @@ config MARCH_Z196
 	  not work on older machines.
 
 config MARCH_ZEC12
-	bool "IBM zEC12"
+	bool "IBM zBC12 and zEC12"
 	select HAVE_MARCH_ZEC12_FEATURES if 64BIT
 	help
-	  Select this to enable optimizations for IBM zEC12 (2827 series). The
-	  kernel will be slightly faster but will not work on older machines.
+	  Select this to enable optimizations for IBM zBC12 and zEC12 (2828 and
+	  2827 series). The kernel will be slightly faster but will not work on
+	  older machines.
 
 endchoice
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 497451ec5e267f3be025b9b719cf4f2278262d97..aeed8a61fa0d4f1b4862a98cab44e29beda63699 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ static void __init setup_hwcaps(void)
 		strcpy(elf_platform, "z196");
 		break;
 	case 0x2827:
+	case 0x2828:
 		strcpy(elf_platform, "zEC12");
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index ce36ea80e4f9157f5c754b51c1ff9c700106d689..ad446b0c55b6076d5aaf7f095f1ddc91b5e38bf4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ static void __init setup_zero_pages(void)
 		order = 2;
 		break;
 	case 0x2827:	/* zEC12 */
+	case 0x2828:	/* zEC12 */
 	default:
 		order = 5;
 		break;
diff --git a/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c b/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
index ffeb17ce7f313d914a38de3ee21dad5867991b9d..930783d2c99beb305b2346a220f414d98a4ba406 100644
--- a/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/oprofile/init.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static int oprofile_hwsampler_init(struct oprofile_operations *ops)
 		switch (id.machine) {
 		case 0x2097: case 0x2098: ops->cpu_type = "s390/z10"; break;
 		case 0x2817: case 0x2818: ops->cpu_type = "s390/z196"; break;
-		case 0x2827:              ops->cpu_type = "s390/zEC12"; break;
+		case 0x2827: case 0x2828: ops->cpu_type = "s390/zEC12"; break;
 		default: return -ENODEV;
 		}
 	}