diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
index 72307f108c40..6e2c42bd1c3b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S
@@ -31,8 +31,14 @@ SECTIONS
 {
 	. = 0x00000000;
 	.text : {
-	_text = .;		/* Text and read-only data */
+		/* Text and read-only data */
 		HEAD_TEXT
+		/*
+		 * E.g. perf doesn't like symbols starting at address zero,
+		 * therefore skip the initial PSW and channel program located
+		 * at address zero and let _text start at 0x200.
+		 */
+	_text = 0x200;
 		TEXT_TEXT
 		SCHED_TEXT
 		CPUIDLE_TEXT