3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index c0cc67ad764c..29d993be7dba 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF) += elfcore.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC) += elfcore.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace/
-obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS) += trace/
+obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_CLOCK) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IRQ_WORK) += irq_work.o
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 9301a0e35e0c..4cea4f41c1d9 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@ config HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
 config TRACER_MAX_TRACE
         bool
 
+config TRACE_CLOCK
+        bool
+
 config RING_BUFFER
         bool
+        select TRACE_CLOCK
 
 config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
        bool
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ config TRACING
         select NOP_TRACER
         select BINARY_PRINTF
         select EVENT_TRACING
+        select TRACE_CLOCK
 
 config GENERIC_TRACER
         bool
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 837090808aac..d7e2068e4b71 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -19,11 +19,7 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS_trace_events_filter.o := -I$(src)
 
-#
-# Make the trace clocks available generally: it's infrastructure
-# relied on by ptrace for example:
-#
-obj-y += trace_clock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_TRACE_CLOCK) += trace_clock.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += libftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER) += ring_buffer.o