diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
index f10de0f2c5e622258517b978afac886378a04333..4f40589e179c8e2141cd71fb48a89b9b6ff77f71 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ extra-y := head.o init_task.o vmlinux.lds
 obj-y	:= process.o semaphore.o signal.o entry.o traps.o irq.o vm86.o \
 		ptrace.o time.o ioport.o ldt.o setup.o i8259.o sys_i386.o \
 		pci-dma.o i386_ksyms.o i387.o dmi_scan.o bootflag.o \
-		doublefault.o quirks.o i8237.o
+		quirks.o i8237.o
 
 obj-y				+= cpu/
 obj-y				+= timers/
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ obj-y				+= sysenter.o vsyscall.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ACPI_SRAT) 	+= srat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HPET_TIMER) 	+= time_hpet.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EFI) 		+= efi.o efi_stub.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT) 	+= doublefault.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK)	+= early_printk.o
 
 EXTRA_AFLAGS   := -traditional
diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
index cca655688ffc20b8a4722af4e503544f62cee3d8..170400879f448dff13106e1b9f94e1bd645c8117 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/common.c
@@ -609,8 +609,10 @@ void __devinit cpu_init(void)
 	load_TR_desc();
 	load_LDT(&init_mm.context);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DOUBLEFAULT
 	/* Set up doublefault TSS pointer in the GDT */
 	__set_tss_desc(cpu, GDT_ENTRY_DOUBLEFAULT_TSS, &doublefault_tss);
+#endif
 
 	/* Clear %fs and %gs. */
 	asm volatile ("xorl %eax, %eax; movl %eax, %fs; movl %eax, %gs");
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 0c9932f9f06b3881a74535186c62cc69ffe17da5..0eb65f2ad8c91195b82a3e9717f1fc3a66e117fa 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -309,6 +309,15 @@ config BUG
           option for embedded systems with no facilities for reporting errors.
           Just say Y.
 
+config DOUBLEFAULT
+	depends X86
+	default y if X86
+	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
+	help
+          This option allows trapping of rare doublefault exceptions that
+          would otherwise cause a system to silently reboot. Disabling this
+          option saves about 4k.
+
 config BASE_FULL
 	default y
 	bool "Enable full-sized data structures for core" if EMBEDDED