diff --git a/resolv/res_send.c b/resolv/res_send.c
index af42b8a..9c2418b 100644
--- a/resolv/res_send.c
+++ b/resolv/res_send.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ static const char rcsid[] = "$BINDId: res_send.c,v 8.38 2000/03/30 20:16:51 vixi
 #include <string.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <kernel-features.h>
+#include <libc-internal.h>
 
 #if PACKETSZ > 65536
 #define MAXPACKET       PACKETSZ
@@ -668,7 +669,17 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 	// int anssiz = *anssizp;
 	HEADER *anhp = (HEADER *) ans;
 	struct sockaddr_in6 *nsap = EXT(statp).nsaddrs[ns];
-	int truncating, connreset, resplen, n;
+	int truncating, connreset, n;
+	/* There´s the following warning on S390:
+	   ‘resplen’ may be used uninitialized in this function
+	   [-Wmaybe-uninitialized]
+	   This is a false positive according to:
+	   https://www.sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2014-12/msg00323.html
+	 */
+	DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+	DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT (5, "-Wmaybe-uninitialized");
+	int resplen;
+	DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
 	struct iovec iov[4];
 	u_short len;
 	u_short len2;
@@ -788,8 +799,11 @@ send_vc(res_state statp,
 			   reply.  We can try to use the rest
 			   of the user-provided buffer.  */
 #if _STRING_ARCH_unaligned
+			DIAG_PUSH_NEEDS_COMMENT;
+			DIAG_IGNORE_NEEDS_COMMENT (5, "-Wmaybe-uninitialized");
 			*anssizp2 = orig_anssizp - resplen;
 			*ansp2 = *ansp + resplen;
+			DIAG_POP_NEEDS_COMMENT;
 #else
 			int aligned_resplen
 			  = ((resplen + __alignof__ (HEADER) - 1)