diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 3f42cd66f0f87a25510dd000aed37de5c0d5cc71..72f33faca44fbef6734cdce724090c917ccf52b9 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -438,15 +438,6 @@ config PREEMPT_RCU
 	  This option enables preemptible-RCU code that is common between
 	  the TREE_PREEMPT_RCU and TINY_PREEMPT_RCU implementations.
 
-config RCU_TRACE
-	bool "Enable tracing for RCU"
-	help
-	  This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats
-	  in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation.
-
-	  Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing
-	  Say N if you are unsure.
-
 config RCU_FANOUT
 	int "Tree-based hierarchical RCU fanout value"
 	range 2 64 if 64BIT
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 8745ac7d1f7553e9c32e225e160d652a929d9f41..3cc419d05f2ff9b7756f95311f728e3b264881e1 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -927,6 +927,16 @@ config RCU_CPU_STALL_VERBOSE
 
 	  Say Y if you want to enable such checks.
 
+config RCU_TRACE
+	bool "Enable tracing for RCU"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	help
+	  This option provides tracing in RCU which presents stats
+	  in debugfs for debugging RCU implementation.
+
+	  Say Y here if you want to enable RCU tracing
+	  Say N if you are unsure.
+
 config KPROBES_SANITY_TEST
 	bool "Kprobes sanity tests"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL