diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index c84e67fdea095cbed225edac052f4ce07007abb9..f3cad98eeb8f9e1506bd6a138e526a2e53742abd 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ config ARC
 	select OF
 	select OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
 	select OF_RESERVED_MEM
-	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
+	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC if ARC_CACHE_VIPT_ALIASING
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP