diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c
index fa95041fa9f6844a2ab13ac4dee90967a6a0f84b..33ca29333e1808ae4dc0f9e8875902ae2bb307f5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/misc.c
@@ -141,31 +141,34 @@ static void check_ipl_parmblock(void *start, unsigned long size)
 
 unsigned long decompress_kernel(void)
 {
-	unsigned long output_addr;
-	unsigned char *output;
+	void *output, *kernel_end;
 
-	output_addr = ((unsigned long) &_end + HEAP_SIZE + 4095UL) & -4096UL;
-	check_ipl_parmblock((void *) 0, output_addr + SZ__bss_start);
-	memset(&_bss, 0, &_ebss - &_bss);
-	free_mem_ptr = (unsigned long)&_end;
-	free_mem_end_ptr = free_mem_ptr + HEAP_SIZE;
-	output = (unsigned char *) output_addr;
+	output = (void *) ALIGN((unsigned long) &_end + HEAP_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE);
+	kernel_end = output + SZ__bss_start;
+	check_ipl_parmblock((void *) 0, (unsigned long) kernel_end);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
 	/*
 	 * Move the initrd right behind the end of the decompressed
-	 * kernel image.
+	 * kernel image. This also prevents initrd corruption caused by
+	 * bss clearing since kernel_end will always be located behind the
+	 * current bss section..
 	 */
-	if (INITRD_START && INITRD_SIZE &&
-	    INITRD_START < (unsigned long) output + SZ__bss_start) {
-		check_ipl_parmblock(output + SZ__bss_start,
-				    INITRD_START + INITRD_SIZE);
-		memmove(output + SZ__bss_start,
-			(void *) INITRD_START, INITRD_SIZE);
-		INITRD_START = (unsigned long) output + SZ__bss_start;
+	if (INITRD_START && INITRD_SIZE && kernel_end > (void *) INITRD_START) {
+		check_ipl_parmblock(kernel_end, INITRD_SIZE);
+		memmove(kernel_end, (void *) INITRD_START, INITRD_SIZE);
+		INITRD_START = (unsigned long) kernel_end;
 	}
 #endif
 
+	/*
+	 * Clear bss section. free_mem_ptr and free_mem_end_ptr need to be
+	 * initialized afterwards since they reside in bss.
+	 */
+	memset(&_bss, 0, &_ebss - &_bss);
+	free_mem_ptr = (unsigned long) &_end;
+	free_mem_end_ptr = free_mem_ptr + HEAP_SIZE;
+
 	puts("Uncompressing Linux... ");
 	__decompress(input_data, input_len, NULL, NULL, output, 0, NULL, error);
 	puts("Ok, booting the kernel.\n");