diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index e477c8e5b5c1..005e664f6360 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -485,9 +485,8 @@ static int kvm_s390_set_mem_control(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_device_attr *att
 	unsigned int idx;
 	switch (attr->attr) {
 	case KVM_S390_VM_MEM_ENABLE_CMMA:
-		/* enable CMMA only for z10 and later (EDAT_1) */
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-		if (!MACHINE_IS_LPAR || !MACHINE_HAS_EDAT1)
+		if (!sclp.has_cmma)
 			break;
 
 		ret = -EBUSY;