diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 2b7c0fbe578e..9015060919a0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ config S390
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MUTEX_CPU_RELAX
 	select HAVE_ARCH_JUMP_LABEL if !MARCH_G5
-	select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if SMP
 	select ARCH_SAVE_PAGE_KEYS if HIBERNATION
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 8eef9b5b3cf4..78e3041919de 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@ void crst_table_free(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long *);
 
 unsigned long *page_table_alloc(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long);
 void page_table_free(struct mm_struct *, unsigned long *);
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 void page_table_free_rcu(struct mmu_gather *, unsigned long *);
-void __tlb_remove_table(void *_table);
-#endif
 
 static inline void clear_table(unsigned long *s, unsigned long val, size_t n)
 {
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/tlb.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/tlb.h
index c687a2c83462..775a5eea8f9e 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/tlb.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/tlb.h
@@ -30,14 +30,10 @@
 
 struct mmu_gather {
 	struct mm_struct *mm;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	struct mmu_table_batch *batch;
-#endif
 	unsigned int fullmm;
-	unsigned int need_flush;
 };
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 struct mmu_table_batch {
 	struct rcu_head		rcu;
 	unsigned int		nr;
@@ -49,7 +45,6 @@ struct mmu_table_batch {
 
 extern void tlb_table_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb);
 extern void tlb_remove_table(struct mmu_gather *tlb, void *table);
-#endif
 
 static inline void tlb_gather_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 				  struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -57,29 +52,20 @@ static inline void tlb_gather_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 {
 	tlb->mm = mm;
 	tlb->fullmm = full_mm_flush;
-	tlb->need_flush = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	tlb->batch = NULL;
-#endif
 	if (tlb->fullmm)
 		__tlb_flush_mm(mm);
 }
 
 static inline void tlb_flush_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb)
 {
-	if (!tlb->need_flush)
-		return;
-	tlb->need_flush = 0;
-	__tlb_flush_mm(tlb->mm);
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	tlb_table_flush(tlb);
-#endif
 }
 
 static inline void tlb_finish_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 				  unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-	tlb_flush_mmu(tlb);
+	tlb_table_flush(tlb);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -105,10 +91,8 @@ static inline void tlb_remove_page(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct page *page)
 static inline void pte_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgtable_t pte,
 				unsigned long address)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	if (!tlb->fullmm)
 		return page_table_free_rcu(tlb, (unsigned long *) pte);
-#endif
 	page_table_free(tlb->mm, (unsigned long *) pte);
 }
 
@@ -125,10 +109,8 @@ static inline void pmd_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pmd_t *pmd,
 #ifdef __s390x__
 	if (tlb->mm->context.asce_limit <= (1UL << 31))
 		return;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	if (!tlb->fullmm)
 		return tlb_remove_table(tlb, pmd);
-#endif
 	crst_table_free(tlb->mm, (unsigned long *) pmd);
 #endif
 }
@@ -146,10 +128,8 @@ static inline void pud_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
 #ifdef __s390x__
 	if (tlb->mm->context.asce_limit <= (1UL << 42))
 		return;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	if (!tlb->fullmm)
 		return tlb_remove_table(tlb, pud);
-#endif
 	crst_table_free(tlb->mm, (unsigned long *) pud);
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
index 373adf69b01c..6e765bf00670 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -678,8 +678,6 @@ void page_table_free(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long *table)
 	}
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
-
 static void __page_table_free_rcu(void *table, unsigned bit)
 {
 	struct page *page;
@@ -733,7 +731,66 @@ void __tlb_remove_table(void *_table)
 		free_pages((unsigned long) table, ALLOC_ORDER);
 }
 
-#endif
+static void tlb_remove_table_smp_sync(void *arg)
+{
+	/* Simply deliver the interrupt */
+}
+
+static void tlb_remove_table_one(void *table)
+{
+	/*
+	 * This isn't an RCU grace period and hence the page-tables cannot be
+	 * assumed to be actually RCU-freed.
+	 *
+	 * It is however sufficient for software page-table walkers that rely
+	 * on IRQ disabling. See the comment near struct mmu_table_batch.
+	 */
+	smp_call_function(tlb_remove_table_smp_sync, NULL, 1);
+	__tlb_remove_table(table);
+}
+
+static void tlb_remove_table_rcu(struct rcu_head *head)
+{
+	struct mmu_table_batch *batch;
+	int i;
+
+	batch = container_of(head, struct mmu_table_batch, rcu);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < batch->nr; i++)
+		__tlb_remove_table(batch->tables[i]);
+
+	free_page((unsigned long)batch);
+}
+
+void tlb_table_flush(struct mmu_gather *tlb)
+{
+	struct mmu_table_batch **batch = &tlb->batch;
+
+	if (*batch) {
+		__tlb_flush_mm(tlb->mm);
+		call_rcu_sched(&(*batch)->rcu, tlb_remove_table_rcu);
+		*batch = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+void tlb_remove_table(struct mmu_gather *tlb, void *table)
+{
+	struct mmu_table_batch **batch = &tlb->batch;
+
+	if (*batch == NULL) {
+		*batch = (struct mmu_table_batch *)
+			__get_free_page(GFP_NOWAIT | __GFP_NOWARN);
+		if (*batch == NULL) {
+			__tlb_flush_mm(tlb->mm);
+			tlb_remove_table_one(table);
+			return;
+		}
+		(*batch)->nr = 0;
+	}
+	(*batch)->tables[(*batch)->nr++] = table;
+	if ((*batch)->nr == MAX_TABLE_BATCH)
+		tlb_table_flush(tlb);
+}
 
 /*
  * switch on pgstes for its userspace process (for kvm)