diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 8ec3a1aa4abd3f612df4a5da31f30c67554d5182..a42e2e99caae813f7d12644b367286881a5f3363 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -573,23 +573,18 @@ config PARAVIRT_TIME_ACCOUNTING
 
 source "arch/x86/xen/Kconfig"
 
-config KVM_CLOCK
-	bool "KVM paravirtualized clock"
-	select PARAVIRT
-	select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
-	---help---
-	  Turning on this option will allow you to run a paravirtualized clock
-	  when running over the KVM hypervisor. Instead of relying on a PIT
-	  (or probably other) emulation by the underlying device model, the host
-	  provides the guest with timing infrastructure such as time of day, and
-	  system time
-
 config KVM_GUEST
-	bool "KVM Guest support"
+	bool "KVM Guest support (including kvmclock)"
+	select PARAVIRT
 	select PARAVIRT
+	select PARAVIRT_CLOCK
+	default y if PARAVIRT_GUEST
 	---help---
 	  This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
-	  hypervisor.
+	  hypervisor. It includes a paravirtualized clock, so that instead
+	  of relying on a PIT (or probably other) emulation by the
+	  underlying device model, the host provides the guest with
+	  timing infrastructure such as time of day, and system time
 
 source "arch/x86/lguest/Kconfig"
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
index 20f5697888bd46a4aacf630c374d2bfe2ef5e2b6..eb3e9d85e1f1c75fc0db709cc40dd7a226d928cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -102,14 +102,14 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data {
 extern void kvmclock_init(void);
 extern int kvm_register_clock(char *txt);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST
 bool kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused(void);
 #else
 static inline bool kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused(void)
 {
 	return false;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_KVMCLOCK */
+#endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GUEST */
 
 /* This instruction is vmcall.  On non-VT architectures, it will generate a
  * trap that we will then rewrite to the appropriate instruction.
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index 8215e5652d9747b6a7eb5302abca77446933acf3..7203298e0b832757eb858df88390342c24d57eff 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -81,8 +81,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA_TEST)	+= test_rodata.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_NX_TEST)	+= test_nx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_NMI_SELFTEST) += nmi_selftest.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_GUEST)		+= kvm.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK)		+= kvmclock.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_KVM_GUEST)		+= kvm.o kvmclock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT)		+= paravirt.o paravirt_patch_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS)+= paravirt-spinlocks.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PARAVIRT_CLOCK)	+= pvclock.o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 1596cc8fd79304554d83cbcb2f9c48f56c4d42b8..b3e5e51bc907ef4da71549ff7e2214467721af0a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -397,9 +397,7 @@ void kvm_disable_steal_time(void)
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 static void __init kvm_smp_prepare_boot_cpu(void)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK
 	WARN_ON(kvm_register_clock("primary cpu clock"));
-#endif
 	kvm_guest_cpu_init();
 	native_smp_prepare_boot_cpu();
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index f4b9b80e1b95e2a9d0341fd62ed4412949b52243..b3386ae3438bef82283774db6c734704038adea6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	initmem_init();
 	memblock_find_dma_reserve();
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_CLOCK
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_GUEST
 	kvmclock_init();
 #endif