diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
index a2def83e82..5506798098 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/main.c
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "virtio-scsi.h"
 #include "dasd-ipl.h"
 
-char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
 static SubChannelId blk_schid = { .one = 1 };
 static char loadparm_str[LOADPARM_LEN + 1];
 QemuIplParameters qipl;
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c
index 056e93a818..5cd619b2d6 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/netmain.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ void write_iplb_location(void) {}
 /* STSI 3.2.2 offset of first vmdb + offset of uuid inside vmdb */
 #define STSI322_VMDB_UUID_OFFSET ((8 + 12) * 4)
 
-char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 IplParameterBlock iplb __attribute__((aligned(PAGE_SIZE)));
 static char cfgbuf[2048];
 
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h
index f68a832718..c977a52b50 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/s390-ccw.h
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ void consume_io_int(void);
 /* main.c */
 void write_subsystem_identification(void);
 void write_iplb_location(void);
-extern char stack[PAGE_SIZE * 8] __attribute__((__aligned__(PAGE_SIZE)));
 unsigned int get_loadparm_index(void);
 void main(void);
 
diff --git a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/start.S b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/start.S
index abd6fe6639..429a2b30a1 100644
--- a/pc-bios/s390-ccw/start.S
+++ b/pc-bios/s390-ccw/start.S
@@ -121,3 +121,9 @@ external_new_mask:
     .quad   0x0000000180000000
 io_new_mask:
     .quad   0x0000000180000000
+
+.bss
+    .align  8
+stack:
+    .space  STACK_SIZE
+    .size   stack,STACK_SIZE
diff --git a/tests/tcg/s390x/head64.S b/tests/tcg/s390x/head64.S
index c6f36dfea4..4fe288388a 100644
--- a/tests/tcg/s390x/head64.S
+++ b/tests/tcg/s390x/head64.S
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include "../../../pc-bios/s390-ccw/start.S"
 #undef main
 
+.text
+
 main_pre:
     aghi %r15,-160                     /* reserve stack for C code */
     brasl %r14,sclp_setup
@@ -24,8 +26,3 @@ success_psw:
     .quad 0x2000180000000,0xfff        /* see is_special_wait_psw() */
 failure_psw:
     .quad 0x2000180000000,0            /* disabled wait */
-
-    .section .bss
-    .align 0x1000
-stack:
-    .skip 0x8000