diff --git a/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c b/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c
index 6cdbc34178..5311a15a09 100644
--- a/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c
+++ b/target/s390x/tcg/mem_helper.c
@@ -225,10 +225,7 @@ static void do_access_memset(CPUS390XState *env, vaddr vaddr, char *haddr,
                              uint8_t byte, uint16_t size, int mmu_idx,
                              uintptr_t ra)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
-    memset(haddr, byte, size);
-#else
-    if (likely(haddr)) {
+    if (user_or_likely(haddr)) {
         memset(haddr, byte, size);
     } else {
         MemOpIdx oi = make_memop_idx(MO_UB, mmu_idx);
@@ -236,7 +233,6 @@ static void do_access_memset(CPUS390XState *env, vaddr vaddr, char *haddr,
             cpu_stb_mmu(env, vaddr + i, byte, oi, ra);
         }
     }
-#endif
 }
 
 static void access_memset(CPUS390XState *env, S390Access *desta,