diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h
index a296c6acfd076..dfbc3c6c06746 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/hardirq.h
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <asm/lowcore.h>
 
 #define local_softirq_pending() (S390_lowcore.softirq_pending)
+#define set_softirq_pending(x) (S390_lowcore.softirq_pending = (x))
+#define or_softirq_pending(x)  (S390_lowcore.softirq_pending |= (x))
 
 #define __ARCH_IRQ_STAT
 #define __ARCH_HAS_DO_SOFTIRQ
diff --git a/include/linux/interrupt.h b/include/linux/interrupt.h
index 7a11f73c5c3b7..eeceac3376fc8 100644
--- a/include/linux/interrupt.h
+++ b/include/linux/interrupt.h
@@ -442,13 +442,6 @@ extern bool force_irqthreads;
 #define set_softirq_pending(x)	(__this_cpu_write(local_softirq_pending_ref, (x)))
 #define or_softirq_pending(x)	(__this_cpu_or(local_softirq_pending_ref, (x)))
 
-#else /* local_softirq_pending */
-
-#ifndef __ARCH_SET_SOFTIRQ_PENDING
-#define set_softirq_pending(x) (local_softirq_pending() = (x))
-#define or_softirq_pending(x)  (local_softirq_pending() |= (x))
-#endif
-
 #endif /* local_softirq_pending */
 
 /* Some architectures might implement lazy enabling/disabling of