diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
index 70d62fd0d31d..71f0dfbb2a6d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rcutorture/bin/mkinitrd.sh
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ___EOF___
 # build using nolibc on supported archs (smaller executable) and fall
 # back to regular glibc on other ones.
 if echo -e "#if __x86_64__||__i386__||__i486__||__i586__||__i686__" \
-           "||__ARM_EABI__||__aarch64__\nyes\n#endif" \
+           "||__ARM_EABI__||__aarch64__||__s390x__\nyes\n#endif" \
    | ${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -E -nostdlib -xc - \
    | grep -q '^yes'; then
 	# architecture supported by nolibc