diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c b/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c
index 7ad003969251..e80716843619 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/init_task.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
 /*
  * Initial thread structure.
  *
- * We need to make sure that this is 8192-byte aligned due to the
+ * We need to make sure that this is THREAD_SIZE aligned due to the
  * way process stacks are handled. This is done by having a special
  * "init_task" linker map entry..
  */
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 607bd67a18ce..d796d05c9c01 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
  * Written by Martin Schwidefsky (schwidefsky@de.ibm.com)
  */
 
+#include <asm/thread_info.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ SECTIONS
 	}
 	_edata = .;		/* End of data section */
 
-	. = ALIGN(2 * PAGE_SIZE);	/* init_task */
+	. = ALIGN(THREAD_SIZE);	/* init_task */
 	.data.init_task : {
 		*(.data.init_task)
 	}