diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 2b94b0ad3588..253177900950 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1114,8 +1114,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
         ROOT_DEV = Root_RAM0;
 
-	/* Is init_mm really needed? */
-	init_mm.start_code = PAGE_OFFSET;
+	init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text;
 	init_mm.end_code = (unsigned long) _etext;
 	init_mm.end_data = (unsigned long) _edata;
 	init_mm.brk = (unsigned long) _end;