diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index fe14beb338e5..1b8316212512 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 #include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/start_kernel.h>
 #include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <linux/kmemleak.h>
 
 #include <asm/boot_data.h>
 #include <asm/ipl.h>
@@ -356,9 +357,12 @@ void *restart_stack;
 unsigned long stack_alloc(void)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VMAP_STACK
-	return (unsigned long)__vmalloc_node(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE,
-			THREADINFO_GFP, NUMA_NO_NODE,
-			__builtin_return_address(0));
+	void *ret;
+
+	ret = __vmalloc_node(THREAD_SIZE, THREAD_SIZE, THREADINFO_GFP,
+			     NUMA_NO_NODE, __builtin_return_address(0));
+	kmemleak_not_leak(ret);
+	return (unsigned long)ret;
 #else
 	return __get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, THREAD_SIZE_ORDER);
 #endif