diff --git a/arch/s390/Makefile b/arch/s390/Makefile
index df1d6a150f30..de8521fc9de5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Makefile
+++ b/arch/s390/Makefile
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 1994 by Linus Torvalds
 #
 
+KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := defconfig
+
 LD_BFD		:= elf64-s390
 KBUILD_LDFLAGS	:= -m elf64_s390
 KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE += -fPIC
diff --git a/arch/s390/defconfig b/arch/s390/configs/defconfig
similarity index 100%
rename from arch/s390/defconfig
rename to arch/s390/configs/defconfig