diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 6d99a5fcc090..465d5be1f0f4 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ config ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 config S390
 	def_bool y
 	select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
+	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES if !SMP
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_WRAPPERS
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACE_MCOUNT_TEST