diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index 6aedc96aa412cd0e94a7dc1705bde7c2b865f6a1..1c1b19ccb92f38490b892116911eeff004870e35 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config DRM_I915
 	depends on X86 && PCI
 	select INTEL_GTT
 	select INTERVAL_TREE
-	select STOP_MACHINE
 	# we need shmfs for the swappable backing store, and in particular
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs
 	select SHMEM