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