1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 23067ab1a73c..4c32b1a1a06e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -340,8 +340,6 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
         bool "Kernel memory leak detector"
         depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && EXPERIMENTAL && (X86 || ARM) && \
                 !MEMORY_HOTPLUG
-        select DEBUG_SLAB if SLAB
-        select SLUB_DEBUG if SLUB
         select DEBUG_FS if SYSFS
         select STACKTRACE if STACKTRACE_SUPPORT
         select KALLSYMS
@@ -355,6 +353,9 @@ config DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
           allocations. See Documentation/kmemleak.txt for more
           details.
 
+          Enabling DEBUG_SLAB or SLUB_DEBUG may increase the chances
+          of finding leaks due to the slab objects poisoning.
+
           In order to access the kmemleak file, debugfs needs to be
           mounted (usually at /sys/kernel/debug).