2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 22320804fbaf..b17824a875fa 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1420,6 +1420,10 @@ config KALLSYMS_ALL
 
            Say N unless you really need all symbols.
 
+config KALLSYMS_ABSOLUTE_PERCPU
+        bool
+        default X86_64 && SMP
+
 config PRINTK
         default y
         bool "Enable support for printk" if EXPERT
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index ba6c34ea5429..7a08bf9a9576 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ kallsyms()
                 kallsymopt="${kallsymopt} --page-offset=$CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET"
         fi
 
-        if [ -n "${CONFIG_X86_64}" ]; then
+        if [ -n "${CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ABSOLUTE_PERCPU}" ]; then
                 kallsymopt="${kallsymopt} --absolute-percpu"
         fi