diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/boot.h b/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
index ae04e1c93764..937dbdd0ef43 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/boot.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
 
-#include <linux/compiler.h>
+#include <asm/extable.h>
 
 void startup_kernel(void);
 unsigned long detect_memory(void);
@@ -22,11 +22,19 @@ void print_pgm_check_info(void);
 unsigned long get_random_base(unsigned long safe_addr);
 void __printf(1, 2) decompressor_printk(const char *fmt, ...);
 
+/* Symbols defined by linker scripts */
 extern const char kernel_version[];
 extern unsigned long memory_limit;
 extern unsigned long vmalloc_size;
 extern int vmalloc_size_set;
 extern int kaslr_enabled;
+extern char __boot_data_start[], __boot_data_end[];
+extern char __boot_data_preserved_start[], __boot_data_preserved_end[];
+extern char _sdma[], _edma[];
+extern char _stext_dma[], _etext_dma[];
+extern struct exception_table_entry _start_dma_ex_table[];
+extern struct exception_table_entry _stop_dma_ex_table[];
+extern char _decompressor_syms_start[], _decompressor_syms_end[];
 
 unsigned long read_ipl_report(unsigned long safe_offset);
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c
index 37a4a8d33c6c..e27c2140d620 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.c
@@ -23,11 +23,6 @@
 #define memmove memmove
 #define memzero(s, n) memset((s), 0, (n))
 
-/* Symbols defined by linker scripts */
-extern char _end[];
-extern unsigned char _compressed_start[];
-extern unsigned char _compressed_end[];
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2
 #define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE	0x400000
 #elif CONFIG_KERNEL_ZSTD
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.h b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.h
index 41f0ad97a4db..a59f75c5b049 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.h
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/compressed/decompressor.h
@@ -26,7 +26,12 @@ struct vmlinux_info {
 	unsigned long rela_dyn_end;
 };
 
+/* Symbols defined by linker scripts */
+extern char _end[];
+extern unsigned char _compressed_start[];
+extern unsigned char _compressed_end[];
 extern char _vmlinux_info[];
+
 #define vmlinux (*(struct vmlinux_info *)_vmlinux_info)
 
 #endif /* BOOT_COMPRESSED_DECOMPRESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/pgm_check_info.c b/arch/s390/boot/pgm_check_info.c
index 3a46abed2549..7126a1b3293d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/pgm_check_info.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/pgm_check_info.c
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ static char *symstart(char *p)
 	return p + 1;
 }
 
-extern char _decompressor_syms_start[], _decompressor_syms_end[];
 static noinline char *findsym(unsigned long ip, unsigned short *off, unsigned short *len)
 {
 	/* symbol entries are in a form "10000 c4 startup\0" */
diff --git a/arch/s390/boot/startup.c b/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
index d0cf21641e3a..793d1599825d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/boot/startup.c
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 #include "compressed/decompressor.h"
 #include "boot.h"
 
-extern char __boot_data_start[], __boot_data_end[];
-extern char __boot_data_preserved_start[], __boot_data_preserved_end[];
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(__kaslr_offset);
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(VMALLOC_START);
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(VMALLOC_END);
@@ -35,10 +33,6 @@ u64 __bootdata_preserved(alt_stfle_fac_list[16]);
  * over to the decompressed / relocated kernel via the .boot.preserved.data
  * section.
  */
-extern char _sdma[], _edma[];
-extern char _stext_dma[], _etext_dma[];
-extern struct exception_table_entry _start_dma_ex_table[];
-extern struct exception_table_entry _stop_dma_ex_table[];
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(__sdma) = __pa(&_sdma);
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(__edma) = __pa(&_edma);
 unsigned long __bootdata_preserved(__stext_dma) = __pa(&_stext_dma);