diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index c30162202dc4b10f767ee71728c13769369d1fae..69e2ee44fdfff4920d2de2d328bfc290b6b7041c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -399,3 +399,7 @@ config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 	default "4" if X86_32 && (X86_XADD || X86_CMPXCHG || X86_BSWAP || X86_WP_WORKS_OK)
 	default "3"
 
+config X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
+	bool
+	depends on !(M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386)
+	default y