diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index 94caefb550bff97cf3d09a57817411fc77847514..d40d0ef389db61ef7f4eadcf810c9569de35cba2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ ENDPROC(__switch_to)
 	.endr
 	.endm
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
 	.align	5
 	.globl	__kuser_helper_start
 __kuser_helper_start:
@@ -939,6 +940,8 @@ __kuser_helper_version:				@ 0xffff0ffc
 	.globl	__kuser_helper_end
 __kuser_helper_end:
 
+#endif
+
  THUMB(	.thumb	)
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index 2c8c7fa78b8ca300fe12a2de562157a8bf52cf7a..e3ca35ccd38e375099689ad673d4767fdd7dfdf9 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -800,15 +800,26 @@ void __init trap_init(void)
 	return;
 }
 
-static void __init kuser_get_tls_init(unsigned long vectors)
+#ifdef CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS
+static void __init kuser_init(void *vectors)
 {
+	extern char __kuser_helper_start[], __kuser_helper_end[];
+	int kuser_sz = __kuser_helper_end - __kuser_helper_start;
+
+	memcpy(vectors + 0x1000 - kuser_sz, __kuser_helper_start, kuser_sz);
+
 	/*
 	 * vectors + 0xfe0 = __kuser_get_tls
 	 * vectors + 0xfe8 = hardware TLS instruction at 0xffff0fe8
 	 */
 	if (tls_emu || has_tls_reg)
-		memcpy((void *)vectors + 0xfe0, (void *)vectors + 0xfe8, 4);
+		memcpy(vectors + 0xfe0, vectors + 0xfe8, 4);
+}
+#else
+static void __init kuser_init(void *vectors)
+{
 }
+#endif
 
 void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
 {
@@ -816,8 +827,6 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
 	unsigned long vectors = (unsigned long)vectors_base;
 	extern char __stubs_start[], __stubs_end[];
 	extern char __vectors_start[], __vectors_end[];
-	extern char __kuser_helper_start[], __kuser_helper_end[];
-	int kuser_sz = __kuser_helper_end - __kuser_helper_start;
 	unsigned i;
 
 	vectors_page = vectors_base;
@@ -838,12 +847,8 @@ void __init early_trap_init(void *vectors_base)
 	 */
 	memcpy((void *)vectors, __vectors_start, __vectors_end - __vectors_start);
 	memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x1000, __stubs_start, __stubs_end - __stubs_start);
-	memcpy((void *)vectors + 0x1000 - kuser_sz, __kuser_helper_start, kuser_sz);
 
-	/*
-	 * Do processor specific fixups for the kuser helpers
-	 */
-	kuser_get_tls_init(vectors);
+	kuser_init(vectors_base);
 
 	/*
 	 * Copy signal return handlers into the vector page, and
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
index 6cacdc8dd654dd11ecbfb45f7576f1ead0a1062e..db5c2cab8fda4251bb636aa5567afafe5cfdb406 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig
@@ -421,24 +421,28 @@ config CPU_32v3
 	select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
 	select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP
 	select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
+	select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
 
 config CPU_32v4
 	bool
 	select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
 	select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP
 	select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
+	select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
 
 config CPU_32v4T
 	bool
 	select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
 	select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP
 	select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
+	select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
 
 config CPU_32v5
 	bool
 	select CPU_USE_DOMAINS if MMU
 	select NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG if SMP
 	select TLS_REG_EMUL if SMP || !MMU
+	select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
 
 config CPU_32v6
 	bool
@@ -776,6 +780,7 @@ config CPU_BPREDICT_DISABLE
 
 config TLS_REG_EMUL
 	bool
+	select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
 	help
 	  An SMP system using a pre-ARMv6 processor (there are apparently
 	  a few prototypes like that in existence) and therefore access to
@@ -783,11 +788,40 @@ config TLS_REG_EMUL
 
 config NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG
 	bool
+	select NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
 	help
 	  SMP on a pre-ARMv6 processor?  Well OK then.
 	  Forget about fast user space cmpxchg support.
 	  It is just not possible.
 
+config NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
+	bool
+
+config KUSER_HELPERS
+	bool "Enable kuser helpers in vector page" if !NEED_KUSER_HELPERS
+	default y
+	help
+	  Warning: disabling this option may break user programs.
+
+	  Provide kuser helpers in the vector page.  The kernel provides
+	  helper code to userspace in read only form at a fixed location
+	  in the high vector page to allow userspace to be independent of
+	  the CPU type fitted to the system.  This permits binaries to be
+	  run on ARMv4 through to ARMv7 without modification.
+
+	  However, the fixed address nature of these helpers can be used
+	  by ROP (return orientated programming) authors when creating
+	  exploits.
+
+	  If all of the binaries and libraries which run on your platform
+	  are built specifically for your platform, and make no use of
+	  these helpers, then you can turn this option off.  However,
+	  when such an binary or library is run, it will receive a SIGILL
+	  signal, which will terminate the program.
+
+	  Say N here only if you are absolutely certain that you do not
+	  need these helpers; otherwise, the safe option is to say Y.
+
 config DMA_CACHE_RWFO
 	bool "Enable read/write for ownership DMA cache maintenance"
 	depends on CPU_V6K && SMP