1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1c5021002fe4..4f7bc3d4b186 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1701,12 +1701,8 @@ config HIGHPTE
           user-space 2nd level page tables to reside in high memory.
 
 config HW_PERF_EVENTS
-        bool "Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events"
-        depends on PERF_EVENTS
-        default y
-        help
-          Enable hardware performance counter support for perf events. If
-          disabled, perf events will use software events only.
+        def_bool y
+        depends on ARM_PMU
 
 config SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
        def_bool y