diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c b/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c
index 337c14931ccbf5c038257dde6e1869aaffed6b6d..1773b72a6a7bc3627e76f0ee4acd51dacc9b7621 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/ipl_parm.c
@@ -311,5 +311,7 @@ void parse_boot_command_line(void)
 				prot_virt_host = 1;
 		}
 #endif
+		if (!strcmp(param, "relocate_lowcore") && test_facility(193))
+			relocate_lowcore = 1;
 	}
 }