diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 60a7b1a..e2fa79c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -169,12 +169,13 @@
  * STL Segment-Table-Length:  Segment-table length (STL+1*16 entries -> up to 2048)
  *
  * A 64 bit pagetable entry of S390 has following format:
- * |                     PFRA                         |0IP0|  OS  |
+ * |			 PFRA			      |0IPC|  OS  |
  * 0000000000111111111122222222223333333333444444444455555555556666
  * 0123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123
  *
  * I Page-Invalid Bit:    Page is not available for address-translation
  * P Page-Protection Bit: Store access not possible for page
+ * C Change-bit override: HW is not required to set change bit
  *
  * A 64 bit segmenttable entry of S390 has following format:
  * |        P-table origin                              |      TT
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@
  */
 
 /* Hardware bits in the page table entry */
+#define _PAGE_CO	0x100		/* HW Change-bit override */
 #define _PAGE_RO	0x200		/* HW read-only bit  */
 #define _PAGE_INVALID	0x400		/* HW invalid bit    */
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
index 5f91a38..300ab01 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/vmem.c
@@ -70,8 +70,12 @@
 		pte = alloc_bootmem(PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
 	if (!pte)
 		return NULL;
-	clear_table((unsigned long *) pte, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY,
-		    PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
+	if (MACHINE_HAS_HPAGE)
+		clear_table((unsigned long *) pte, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY | _PAGE_CO,
+			    PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
+	else
+		clear_table((unsigned long *) pte, _PAGE_TYPE_EMPTY,
+			    PTRS_PER_PTE * sizeof(pte_t));
 	return pte;
 }
 
@@ -112,7 +116,8 @@
 		if (MACHINE_HAS_HPAGE && !(address & ~HPAGE_MASK) &&
 		    (address + HPAGE_SIZE <= start + size) &&
 		    (address >= HPAGE_SIZE)) {
-			pte_val(pte) |= _SEGMENT_ENTRY_LARGE;
+			pte_val(pte) |= _SEGMENT_ENTRY_LARGE |
+					_SEGMENT_ENTRY_CO;
 			pmd_val(*pm_dir) = pte_val(pte);
 			address += HPAGE_SIZE - PAGE_SIZE;
 			continue;