diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
index a9380ba54c8e..b4f53653c106 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/api.txt
@@ -2126,7 +2126,7 @@ into the hash PTE second double word).
 4.75 KVM_IRQFD
 
 Capability: KVM_CAP_IRQFD
-Architectures: x86
+Architectures: x86 s390
 Type: vm ioctl
 Parameters: struct kvm_irqfd (in)
 Returns: 0 on success, -1 on error
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index b3ecb8f5b6ce..9ae6664ff08c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ int kvm_dev_ioctl_check_extension(long ext)
 	case KVM_CAP_ONE_REG:
 	case KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP:
 	case KVM_CAP_S390_CSS_SUPPORT:
+	case KVM_CAP_IRQFD:
 	case KVM_CAP_IOEVENTFD:
 	case KVM_CAP_DEVICE_CTRL:
 	case KVM_CAP_ENABLE_CAP_VM: