diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
index 355a16c55702..b93bed76ea94 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/topology.c
@@ -464,15 +464,17 @@ static struct sched_domain_topology_level s390_topology[] = {
 
 static int __init topology_init(void)
 {
-	if (!MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY) {
+	if (MACHINE_HAS_TOPOLOGY)
+		set_topology_timer();
+	else
 		topology_update_polarization_simple();
-		goto out;
-	}
-	set_topology_timer();
-out:
-
-	set_sched_topology(s390_topology);
-
 	return device_create_file(cpu_subsys.dev_root, &dev_attr_dispatching);
 }
 device_initcall(topology_init);
+
+static int __init early_topology_init(void)
+{
+	set_sched_topology(s390_topology);
+	return 0;
+}
+early_initcall(early_topology_init);