diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index af411596a31870fc83c04c5c3ae31dd8f9fd5168..5b1a7d46d1d97972e0a4c1929becdb079eb8ff35 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -1060,6 +1060,7 @@ source "arch/i386/oprofile/Kconfig"
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
 	help
 	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
 	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 845cd0902a5008e91e696109154f53d0ecab8cd2..a85ea9d37f056de90e4eaecf5124404ef51ce767 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -453,6 +453,7 @@ source "arch/ia64/oprofile/Kconfig"
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
 	help
 	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
 	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 80d114a3a837d0f3697fc25c7f31067c83bbfa26..a834f9e0bbb36a482cea0b97017cf068f3e422c6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/oprofile/Kconfig"
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on PPC64
+	depends on PPC64 && EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
 	help
 	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
 	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
diff --git a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
index ab733be9af085cb00b2035f941fbfc9e1fd8ae5b..4c0a50a7655404a9697012b5e45a7b206b73cb54 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc64/Kconfig
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ source "arch/sparc64/oprofile/Kconfig"
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
 	help
 	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
 	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
index babc31b3ef1206afe0b7dca6e283893e0c44b943..e18eb79bf85544fa67cbb287353b5fba29a7f3db 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig
@@ -577,6 +577,7 @@ source "arch/x86_64/oprofile/Kconfig"
 
 config KPROBES
 	bool "Kprobes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && MODULES
 	help
 	  Kprobes allows you to trap at almost any kernel address and
 	  execute a callback function.  register_kprobe() establishes