diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
index 5236621350bc9..ae36bfa814e5b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ config MMIOTRACE
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && PCI
 	select TRACING
 	select MMIOTRACE_HOOKS
-	default y
 	help
 	  Mmiotrace traces Memory Mapped I/O access and is meant for
 	  debugging and reverse engineering. It is called from the ioremap