diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
index 31d618a443af..2d92c2cf92d7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ asm(
 	"	lm	6,15,24(15)\n"
 #endif
 	"	br	14\n"
-	"	.size	savesys_ipl_nss, .-savesys_ipl_nss\n");
+	"	.size	savesys_ipl_nss, .-savesys_ipl_nss\n"
+	"	.previous\n");
 
 static __initdata char upper_command_line[COMMAND_LINE_SIZE];