diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 34884faf98cd..54ffd0f9df21 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ config UPROBES
 	bool "Transparent user-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on UPROBE_EVENT && PERF_EVENTS
 	default n
+	select PERCPU_RWSEM
 	help
 	  Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they
 	  enable instrumentation applications (such as 'perf probe')
diff --git a/block/Kconfig b/block/Kconfig
index a7e40a7c8214..4a85ccf8d4cf 100644
--- a/block/Kconfig
+++ b/block/Kconfig
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 menuconfig BLOCK
        bool "Enable the block layer" if EXPERT
        default y
+       select PERCPU_RWSEM
        help
 	 Provide block layer support for the kernel.
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 4b31a46fb307..75cdb77fa49d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ config GENERIC_IO
 config STMP_DEVICE
 	bool
 
+config PERCPU_RWSEM
+	boolean
+
 config CRC_CCITT
 	tristate "CRC-CCITT functions"
 	help
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index e959c20efb24..5558e35170cd 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ endif
 
 lib-y := ctype.o string.o vsprintf.o cmdline.o \
 	 rbtree.o radix-tree.o dump_stack.o timerqueue.o\
-	 idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o percpu-rwsem.o \
+	 idr.o int_sqrt.o extable.o \
 	 sha1.o md5.o irq_regs.o reciprocal_div.o argv_split.o \
 	 proportions.o flex_proportions.o prio_heap.o ratelimit.o show_mem.o \
 	 is_single_threaded.o plist.o decompress.o kobject_uevent.o \
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS) += locking-selftest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += spinlock_debug.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK) += rwsem-spinlock.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM) += rwsem.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_PERCPU_RWSEM) += percpu-rwsem.o
 
 CFLAGS_hweight.o = $(subst $(quote),,$(CONFIG_ARCH_HWEIGHT_CFLAGS))
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT) += hweight.o