2 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index e98440371525..e1240f652a9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ config X86
         select HAVE_ARCH_KMEMCHECK
         select HAVE_USER_RETURN_NOTIFIER
 
+config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
+        def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)
+
 config OUTPUT_FORMAT
         string
         default "elf32-i386" if X86_32
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
index 419386c24b82..cbaf8f2b83df 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/Makefile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ lib-y := delay.o
 lib-y += thunk_$(BITS).o
 lib-y += usercopy_$(BITS).o getuser.o putuser.o
 lib-y += memcpy_$(BITS).o
-lib-$(CONFIG_KPROBES) += insn.o inat.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_INSTRUCTION_DECODER) += insn.o inat.o
 
 obj-y += msr.o msr-reg.o msr-reg-export.o