diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index b77c60f8b963d4ae43140cce57b4c19af2e28732..29ad6832502880b8485f5cb76bd4348e7894e0de 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ config CC_HAS_ASM_INLINE
 
 config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
-	depends on !UML
 
 config IRQ_WORK
 	bool
diff --git a/init/main.c b/init/main.c
index c68d784376ca1058d58e3a6dfb664420c6ded461..a626e78dbf0611df73be6e5f20ce464c8b110d38 100644
--- a/init/main.c
+++ b/init/main.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,13 @@ asmlinkage __visible void __init __no_sanitize_address start_kernel(void)
 /* Call all constructor functions linked into the kernel. */
 static void __init do_ctors(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
+/*
+ * For UML, the constructors have already been called by the
+ * normal setup code as it's just a normal ELF binary, so we
+ * cannot do it again - but we do need CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS
+ * even on UML for modules.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS) && !defined(CONFIG_UML)
 	ctor_fn_t *fn = (ctor_fn_t *) __ctors_start;
 
 	for (; fn < (ctor_fn_t *) __ctors_end; fn++)
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index 3110c77230c7f7729b7a4488680ee0003e1797f0..f62de2dea8a3178cbf5bdc4ae697f69a946cb038 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
 config GCOV_KERNEL
 	bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
 	depends on DEBUG_FS
-	select CONSTRUCTORS if !UML
+	select CONSTRUCTORS
 	default n
 	help
 	This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage