diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
index d4788111c161..fac6ac9790fa 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ targets += misc.o piggy.o sizes.h head.o
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m64 -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks -msoft-float
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpacked-stack)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding)