diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c b/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c
index 60ac66aab163..31cb9b00a36b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/nmi.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static inline unsigned long nmi_get_mcesa_size(void)
  * structure. The structure is required for machine check happening
  * early in the boot process.
  */
-static struct mcesa boot_mcesa __initdata __aligned(MCESA_MAX_SIZE);
+static struct mcesa boot_mcesa __aligned(MCESA_MAX_SIZE);
 
 void __init nmi_alloc_mcesa_early(u64 *mcesad)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index ed4fbbbdd1b0..74adb433c257 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ static void __init setup_lowcore_dat_off(void)
 	put_abs_lowcore(restart_data, lc->restart_data);
 	put_abs_lowcore(restart_source, lc->restart_source);
 	put_abs_lowcore(restart_psw, lc->restart_psw);
+	put_abs_lowcore(mcesad, lc->mcesad);
 
 	mcck_stack = (unsigned long)memblock_alloc(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE);
 	if (!mcck_stack)