diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 866ecbe670e4..f90d1fc6d603 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ targets += misc.o piggy.o sizes.h head$(BITS).o
 
 KBUILD_CFLAGS := -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
-KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(cflags-y) -fno-delete-null-pointer-checks
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpacked-stack)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding)