diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
index 1f5536c..7c5b05f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/setup.c
@@ -373,6 +373,10 @@
 	mem_assign_absolute(S390_lowcore.restart_source, lc->restart_source);
 	mem_assign_absolute(S390_lowcore.restart_psw, lc->restart_psw);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	lc->spinlock_lockval = arch_spin_lockval(0);
+#endif
+
 	set_prefix((u32)(unsigned long) lc);
 	lowcore_ptr[0] = lc;
 }