diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/purgatory.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/purgatory.h
index 6090670df51f..e297bcfc476f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/purgatory.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/purgatory.h
@@ -13,11 +13,5 @@
 
 int verify_sha256_digest(void);
 
-extern u64 kernel_entry;
-extern u64 kernel_type;
-
-extern u64 crash_start;
-extern u64 crash_size;
-
 #endif	/* __ASSEMBLY__ */
 #endif /* _S390_PURGATORY_H_ */
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
index abfa8c7a6d9a..8d61218a71aa 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ LDFLAGS_purgatory.ro += -z nodefaultlib
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -Wno-pointer-sign -Wno-sign-compare
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss -fno-builtin -ffreestanding
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += -c -MD -Os -m64 -msoft-float
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += -c -MD -Os -m64 -msoft-float -fno-common
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-PIE)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS := $(filter-out -DCC_USING_EXPOLINE,$(KBUILD_AFLAGS))
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/head.S b/arch/s390/purgatory/head.S
index 660c96a05a9b..2e3707b12edd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/head.S
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/head.S
@@ -243,33 +243,26 @@ gprregs:
 	.quad	0
 	.endr
 
-purgatory_sha256_digest:
-	.global purgatory_sha256_digest
-	.rept	32	/* SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE */
-	.byte	0
-	.endr
+/* Macro to define a global variable with name and size (in bytes) to be
+ * shared with C code.
+ *
+ * Add the .size and .type attribute to satisfy checks on the Elf_Sym during
+ * purgatory load.
+ */
+.macro GLOBAL_VARIABLE name,size
+\name:
+	.global \name
+	.size	\name,\size
+	.type	\name,object
+	.skip	\size,0
+.endm
 
-purgatory_sha_regions:
-	.global purgatory_sha_regions
-	.rept	16 * __KEXEC_SHA_REGION_SIZE	/* KEXEC_SEGMENTS_MAX */
-	.byte	0
-	.endr
-
-kernel_entry:
-	.global kernel_entry
-	.quad	0
-
-kernel_type:
-	.global kernel_type
-	.quad	0
-
-crash_start:
-	.global crash_start
-	.quad	0
-
-crash_size:
-	.global crash_size
-	.quad	0
+GLOBAL_VARIABLE purgatory_sha256_digest,32
+GLOBAL_VARIABLE purgatory_sha_regions,16*__KEXEC_SHA_REGION_SIZE
+GLOBAL_VARIABLE kernel_entry,8
+GLOBAL_VARIABLE kernel_type,8
+GLOBAL_VARIABLE crash_start,8
+GLOBAL_VARIABLE crash_size,8
 
 	.align	PAGE_SIZE
 stack:
diff --git a/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c b/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c
index 4e2beb3c29b7..3528e6da4e87 100644
--- a/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c
+++ b/arch/s390/purgatory/purgatory.c
@@ -12,15 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <asm/purgatory.h>
 
-struct kexec_sha_region purgatory_sha_regions[KEXEC_SEGMENT_MAX];
-u8 purgatory_sha256_digest[SHA256_DIGEST_SIZE];
-
-u64 kernel_entry;
-u64 kernel_type;
-
-u64 crash_start;
-u64 crash_size;
-
 int verify_sha256_digest(void)
 {
 	struct kexec_sha_region *ptr, *end;