diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig b/arch/um/Kconfig
index 78de31ac1da7c66422153cb6bca05ce6dab801f2..ad4ff3b0e91e5775b0642160a0d2a258ea2f8dff 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config UML
 	bool
 	default y
 	select ARCH_EPHEMERAL_INODES
+	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c
index cb667c9225abd7ae344fe602e9d0ac619913ad95..fd575ecbcaece3628b5ede5353adbea11a42d1a3 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/user_syms.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#define __NO_FORTIFY
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>