diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
index 8d16ada25048..ec749c2bfdd7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/Makefile
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(LINUXINCLUDE) -g -Os -D_SETUP -D__KERNEL__ \
 		   $(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -m32)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 $(obj)/bzImage: asflags-y  := $(SVGA_MODE)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 49c8a4c37d7c..e2ff504b4ddc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
 
 KBUILD_AFLAGS  := $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 LDFLAGS := -m elf_$(UTS_MACHINE)
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux := -T
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
index f3477bb84566..6c327b852e23 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/Makefile
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ CFLAGS_vsyscall_64.o	:= $(PROFILING) -g0 $(nostackp)
 CFLAGS_hpet.o		:= $(nostackp)
 CFLAGS_tsc.o		:= $(nostackp)
 CFLAGS_paravirt.o	:= $(nostackp)
+GCOV_PROFILE_vsyscall_64.o	:= n
+GCOV_PROFILE_hpet.o		:= n
 
 obj-y			:= process_$(BITS).o signal.o entry_$(BITS).o
 obj-y			+= traps.o irq.o irq_$(BITS).o dumpstack_$(BITS).o
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/Makefile b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/Makefile
index 167bc16ce0e5..6a564ac67ef5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/realmode/Makefile
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(LINUXINCLUDE) -g -Os -D_SETUP -D_WAKEUP -D__KERNEL__ \
 		   $(call cc-option, -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option, -m32)
 KBUILD_AFLAGS	:= $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -D__ASSEMBLY__
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 WAKEUP_OBJS = $(addprefix $(obj)/,$(wakeup-y))
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
index 16a9020c8f11..88112b49f02c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/Makefile
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ quiet_cmd_vdso = VDSO    $@
 		       -Wl,-T,$(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^)
 
 VDSO_LDFLAGS = -fPIC -shared $(call ld-option, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
+GCOV_PROFILE := n
 
 #
 # Install the unstripped copy of vdso*.so listed in $(vdso-install-y).
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index aab593abfba1..22e9dcfaa3d3 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ config GCOV_KERNEL
 config GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	bool "Profile entire Kernel"
 	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
-	depends on S390 || X86_32
+	depends on S390 || X86
 	default n
 	---help---
 	This options activates profiling for the entire kernel.