diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 7e3e8a8338d6..f8dea162bd32 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ config PCI_QUIRKS
 config ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 	def_bool y
 
+config DEBUG_RODATA
+	def_bool y
+
 config S390
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/init.c b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
index 73e290337092..c7b0451397d6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/init.c
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	free_area_init_nodes(max_zone_pfns);
 }
 
+void mark_rodata_ro(void)
+{
+	/* Text and rodata are already protected. Nothing to do here. */
+	pr_info("Write protecting the kernel read-only data: %luk\n",
+		((unsigned long)&_eshared - (unsigned long)&_stext) >> 10);
+}
+
 void __init mem_init(void)
 {
 	if (MACHINE_HAS_TLB_LC)
@@ -126,9 +133,6 @@ void __init mem_init(void)
 	setup_zero_pages();	/* Setup zeroed pages. */
 
 	mem_init_print_info(NULL);
-	printk("Write protected kernel read-only data: %#lx - %#lx\n",
-	       (unsigned long)&_stext,
-	       PFN_ALIGN((unsigned long)&_eshared) - 1);
 }
 
 void free_initmem(void)