2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 455bd1f560aa..c6fc405a6c8e 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -714,6 +714,10 @@ config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
         bool
         default n
 
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPROFILE
+        bool
+        default y if !MIPS_MT_SMTC
+
 config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
index 2ea1e347df45..12a9f74b6267 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config PROFILING
 config OPROFILE
         tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
         depends on PROFILING
-        depends on (ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64) && !UML
+        depends on (ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPROFILE || ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64) && !UML
         help
           OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
           whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,