diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 455bd1f560a..c6fc405a6c8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -714,6 +714,10 @@ config ARCH_HAS_ILOG2_U64
 	bool
 	default n
 
+config ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPROFILE
+	bool
+	default y if !MIPS_MT_SMTC
+
 config GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT
 	bool
 	default y
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
index 2ea1e347df4..12a9f74b626 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.instrumentation
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ config PROFILING
 config OPROFILE
 	tristate "OProfile system profiling (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on PROFILING
-	depends on (ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || MIPS || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64) && !UML
+	depends on (ARCH_SUPPORTS_OPROFILE || ALPHA || ARM || BLACKFIN || X86_32 || IA64 || M32R || PARISC || PPC || S390 || SUPERH || SPARC || X86_64) && !UML
 	help
 	  OProfile is a profiling system capable of profiling the
 	  whole system, include the kernel, kernel modules, libraries,