diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 60145c9b9f84a..165ecdd24d22d 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ config SPARC
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_HARDENED_USERCOPY
+	select PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL if PROVE_LOCKING
 
 config SPARC32
 	def_bool !64BIT
diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h b/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h
index 51c4b24b63286..c2b88490d8575 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep_internals.h
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ enum {
 #define LOCKF_USED_IN_IRQ_READ \
 		(LOCKF_USED_IN_HARDIRQ_READ | LOCKF_USED_IN_SOFTIRQ_READ)
 
+/*
+ * CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL is defined for sparc. Sparc requires .text,
+ * .data and .bss to fit in required 32MB limit for the kernel. With
+ * PROVE_LOCKING we could go over this limit and cause system boot-up problems.
+ * So, reduce the static allocations for lockdeps related structures so that
+ * everything fits in current required size limit.
+ */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL
 /*
  * MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES is the maximum number of lock dependencies
  * we track.
@@ -54,18 +62,24 @@ enum {
  * table (if it's not there yet), and we check it for lock order
  * conflicts and deadlocks.
  */
+#define MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES	16384UL
+#define MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS	15
+#define MAX_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES	262144UL
+#else
 #define MAX_LOCKDEP_ENTRIES	32768UL
 
 #define MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS	16
-#define MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS	(1UL << MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS)
-
-#define MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS (MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS*5)
 
 /*
  * Stack-trace: tightly packed array of stack backtrace
  * addresses. Protected by the hash_lock.
  */
 #define MAX_STACK_TRACE_ENTRIES	524288UL
+#endif
+
+#define MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS	(1UL << MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS_BITS)
+
+#define MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAIN_HLOCKS (MAX_LOCKDEP_CHAINS*5)
 
 extern struct list_head all_lock_classes;
 extern struct lock_chain lock_chains[];
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b01e547d4d044..a6c8db1d62f65 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1085,6 +1085,9 @@ config PROVE_LOCKING
 
 	 For more details, see Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt.
 
+config PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL
+	bool
+
 config LOCKDEP
 	bool
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT