diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 10e22c4ec4a7..3ad8f61c9985 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ targets	:= vmlinux.lds vmlinux vmlinux.bin vmlinux.bin.gz vmlinux.bin.bz2 \
 	   sizes.h head$(BITS).o
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpacked-stack)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding)