diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h
index e38480eb58fa..b5f545db461a 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/preempt.h
@@ -29,12 +29,6 @@ static inline void preempt_count_set(int pc)
 				  old, new) != old);
 }
 
-#define init_task_preempt_count(p)	do { } while (0)
-
-#define init_idle_preempt_count(p, cpu)	do { \
-	S390_lowcore.preempt_count = PREEMPT_DISABLED; \
-} while (0)
-
 static inline void set_preempt_need_resched(void)
 {
 	__atomic_and(~PREEMPT_NEED_RESCHED, &S390_lowcore.preempt_count);
@@ -88,12 +82,6 @@ static inline void preempt_count_set(int pc)
 	S390_lowcore.preempt_count = pc;
 }
 
-#define init_task_preempt_count(p)	do { } while (0)
-
-#define init_idle_preempt_count(p, cpu)	do { \
-	S390_lowcore.preempt_count = PREEMPT_DISABLED; \
-} while (0)
-
 static inline void set_preempt_need_resched(void)
 {
 }
@@ -130,6 +118,10 @@ static inline bool should_resched(int preempt_offset)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_MARCH_Z196_FEATURES */
 
+#define init_task_preempt_count(p)	do { } while (0)
+/* Deferred to CPU bringup time */
+#define init_idle_preempt_count(p, cpu)	do { } while (0)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
 extern asmlinkage void preempt_schedule(void);
 #define __preempt_schedule() preempt_schedule()
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index e83ce909686c..83a3f346e5bd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -454,6 +454,7 @@ static void __init setup_lowcore_dat_off(void)
 	lc->br_r1_trampoline = 0x07f1;	/* br %r1 */
 	lc->return_lpswe = gen_lpswe(__LC_RETURN_PSW);
 	lc->return_mcck_lpswe = gen_lpswe(__LC_RETURN_MCCK_PSW);
+	lc->preempt_count = PREEMPT_DISABLED;
 
 	set_prefix((u32)(unsigned long) lc);
 	lowcore_ptr[0] = lc;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
index 7db5460553b7..5674792726cd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/smp.c
@@ -215,6 +215,7 @@ static int pcpu_alloc_lowcore(struct pcpu *pcpu, int cpu)
 	lc->br_r1_trampoline = 0x07f1;	/* br %r1 */
 	lc->return_lpswe = gen_lpswe(__LC_RETURN_PSW);
 	lc->return_mcck_lpswe = gen_lpswe(__LC_RETURN_MCCK_PSW);
+	lc->preempt_count = PREEMPT_DISABLED;
 	if (nmi_alloc_per_cpu(lc))
 		goto out_async;
 	if (vdso_alloc_per_cpu(lc))