diff --git a/include/linux/tracepoint.h b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
index a5f7f3ecafa3a77123531ca2a07a01b086906db0..afada369c5b74321bf7cf2a45d4e55bc6b1f4a9f 100644
--- a/include/linux/tracepoint.h
+++ b/include/linux/tracepoint.h
@@ -111,7 +111,18 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 #define TP_ARGS(args...)	args
 #define TP_CONDITION(args...)	args
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS
+/*
+ * Individual subsystem my have a separate configuration to
+ * enable their tracepoints. By default, this file will create
+ * the tracepoints if CONFIG_TRACEPOINT is defined. If a subsystem
+ * wants to be able to disable its tracepoints from being created
+ * it can define NOTRACE before including the tracepoint headers.
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) && !defined(NOTRACE)
+#define TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED
+#endif
+
+#ifdef TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED
 
 /*
  * it_func[0] is never NULL because there is at least one element in the array
@@ -234,7 +245,7 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name)					\
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(__tracepoint_##name)
 
-#else /* !CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
+#else /* !TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED */
 #define __DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args, cond, data_proto, data_args) \
 	static inline void trace_##name(proto)				\
 	{ }								\
@@ -266,7 +277,7 @@ extern void syscall_unregfunc(void);
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(name)
 #define EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL(name)
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS */
+#endif /* TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRACING
 /**
diff --git a/include/trace/define_trace.h b/include/trace/define_trace.h
index 09b3880105a9e846e44a21e4f991018eaf64de0e..2d8639ea64d54dd7dd0f314281cfe1798a392250 100644
--- a/include/trace/define_trace.h
+++ b/include/trace/define_trace.h
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
 #undef DECLARE_TRACE
 #define DECLARE_TRACE(name, proto, args)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
+#ifdef TRACEPOINTS_ENABLED
 #include <trace/trace_events.h>
 #include <trace/perf.h>
 #endif