diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1d6104ea8af0309d437766a72657989f88b2d4d9..e3d22edfd70a80bbbf5ce25c65b9a7c78b75952e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
+	select ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
 	select ARCH_WANT_BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT	if X86_64
 	select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
diff --git a/include/linux/linkage.h b/include/linux/linkage.h
index 9280209d1f62c887d18c9de38f100a51c33b721d..d796ec20d1145ca6cdd4f311e567878fa220c5bf 100644
--- a/include/linux/linkage.h
+++ b/include/linux/linkage.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
 
 /* === DEPRECATED annotations === */
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
 #ifndef GLOBAL
 /* deprecated, use SYM_DATA*, SYM_ENTRY, or similar */
 #define GLOBAL(name) \
@@ -118,10 +118,10 @@
 #define ENTRY(name) \
 	SYM_FUNC_START(name)
 #endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS */
 #endif /* LINKER_SCRIPT */
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_X86
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
 #ifndef WEAK
 /* deprecated, use SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK* */
 #define WEAK(name)	   \
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
 #define ENDPROC(name) \
 	SYM_FUNC_END(name)
 #endif
-#endif /* CONFIG_X86 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS */
 
 /* === generic annotations === */
 
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 5d53f9609c252c1eccaad0e34378794efe0f1998..e831e1f01767872062510a27780caa5583ac1e4e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ config ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 config ARCH_HAS_FAST_MULTIPLIER
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
+	bool
+
 config INDIRECT_PIO
 	bool "Access I/O in non-MMIO mode"
 	depends on ARM64