diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
index 324f1c147a41acada3038cc6556f8457bb23dbbb..d756315b79851c55d7abef027ff99c278d925efb 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/early.c
@@ -364,6 +364,18 @@ static inline void save_vector_registers(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+static int __init topology_setup(char *str)
+{
+	bool enabled;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = kstrtobool(str, &enabled);
+	if (!rc && !enabled)
+		S390_lowcore.machine_flags &= ~MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY;
+	return rc;
+}
+early_param("topology", topology_setup);
+
 static int __init disable_vector_extension(char *str)
 {
 	S390_lowcore.machine_flags &= ~MACHINE_FLAG_VX;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
index 4d16495b4f01adcd98ca88b23ee92b327b3a294f..7b2b19b0b294887637560199ebc309ed6f1da49f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ static void set_topology_timer(void);
 static void topology_work_fn(struct work_struct *work);
 static struct sysinfo_15_1_x *tl_info;
 
-static bool topology_enabled = true;
 static DECLARE_WORK(topology_work, topology_work_fn);
 
 /*
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ static cpumask_t cpu_group_map(struct mask_info *info, unsigned int cpu)
 	cpumask_t mask;
 
 	cpumask_copy(&mask, cpumask_of(cpu));
-	if (!topology_enabled || !MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY)
+	if (!MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY)
 		return mask;
 	for (; info; info = info->next) {
 		if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &info->mask))
@@ -74,7 +73,7 @@ static cpumask_t cpu_thread_map(unsigned int cpu)
 	int i;
 
 	cpumask_copy(&mask, cpumask_of(cpu));
-	if (!topology_enabled || !MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY)
+	if (!MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY)
 		return mask;
 	cpu -= cpu % (smp_cpu_mtid + 1);
 	for (i = 0; i <= smp_cpu_mtid; i++)
@@ -428,12 +427,6 @@ static const struct cpumask *cpu_drawer_mask(int cpu)
 	return &cpu_topology[cpu].drawer_mask;
 }
 
-static int __init early_parse_topology(char *p)
-{
-	return kstrtobool(p, &topology_enabled);
-}
-early_param("topology", early_parse_topology);
-
 static struct sched_domain_topology_level s390_topology[] = {
 	{ cpu_thread_mask, cpu_smt_flags, SD_INIT_NAME(SMT) },
 	{ cpu_coregroup_mask, cpu_core_flags, SD_INIT_NAME(MC) },