diff --git a/kernel/config-5.1.x-s390x b/kernel/config-5.1.x-s390x
index aac8b8d5f..13d1aa61a 100644
--- a/kernel/config-5.1.x-s390x
+++ b/kernel/config-5.1.x-s390x
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE=y
 CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP=y
 CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_PHYS_MAP=y
+CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_GUP=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_ISOLATION=y
 # CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG is not set
 CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS=4