diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
index af5c2b3f7065..a8c7789b246b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ static noinline __init void detect_machine_type(void)
 	if (stsi(vmms, 3, 2, 2) || !vmms->count)
 		return;
 
-	/* Running under KVM? If not we assume z/VM */
+	/* Detect known hypervisors */
 	if (!memcmp(vmms->vm[0].cpi, "\xd2\xe5\xd4", 3))
 		S390_lowcore.machine_flags |= MACHINE_FLAG_KVM;
-	else
+	else if (!memcmp(vmms->vm[0].cpi, "\xa9\x61\xe5\xd4", 4))
 		S390_lowcore.machine_flags |= MACHINE_FLAG_VM;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 72dd23ef771b..7ed90a759135 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 		pr_info("Linux is running under KVM in 64-bit mode\n");
 	else if (MACHINE_IS_LPAR)
 		pr_info("Linux is running natively in 64-bit mode\n");
+	else
+		pr_info("Linux is running as a guest in 64-bit mode\n");
 
 	/* Have one command line that is parsed and saved in /proc/cmdline */
 	/* boot_command_line has been already set up in early.c */