diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h
index cf4e47b0948c..3f30dac804ea 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kexec.h
@@ -42,6 +42,24 @@
 /* The native architecture */
 #define KEXEC_ARCH KEXEC_ARCH_S390
 
+/*
+ * Size for s390x ELF notes per CPU
+ *
+ * Seven notes plus zero note at the end: prstatus, fpregset, timer,
+ * tod_cmp, tod_reg, control regs, and prefix
+ */
+#define KEXEC_NOTE_BYTES \
+	(ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_note), 4) * 8 + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof("CORE"), 4) * 7 + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(struct elf_prstatus), 4) + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(elf_fpregset_t), 4) + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(u64), 4) + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(u64), 4) + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(u32), 4) + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(u64) * 16, 4) + \
+	 ALIGN(sizeof(u32), 4) \
+	)
+
 /* Provide a dummy definition to avoid build failures. */
 static inline void crash_setup_regs(struct pt_regs *newregs,
 					struct pt_regs *oldregs) { }
diff --git a/include/linux/kexec.h b/include/linux/kexec.h
index 2fa0901219d4..0d7d6a1b172f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kexec.h
+++ b/include/linux/kexec.h
@@ -50,9 +50,11 @@
  * note header.  For kdump, the code in vmcore.c runs in the context
  * of the second kernel to combine them into one note.
  */
+#ifndef KEXEC_NOTE_BYTES
 #define KEXEC_NOTE_BYTES ( (KEXEC_NOTE_HEAD_BYTES * 2) +		\
 			    KEXEC_CORE_NOTE_NAME_BYTES +		\
 			    KEXEC_CORE_NOTE_DESC_BYTES )
+#endif
 
 /*
  * This structure is used to hold the arguments that are used when loading