diff --git a/include/asm-s390/thread_info.h b/include/asm-s390/thread_info.h
index 8e0c7ed73d0312a811c5a3f887527747a6c669c3..0a518915bf90f1087466444caf0809a8b9b3a02b 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/thread_info.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/thread_info.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 	.exec_domain	= &default_exec_domain,	\
 	.flags		= 0,			\
 	.cpu		= 0,			\
+	.preempt_count	= 1,			\
 	.restart_block	= {			\
 		.fn = do_no_restart_syscall,	\
 	},					\