diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index bab1dffe37e..c8e1be5f0b0 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_LATENCYTOP) += latencytop.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace/
+obj-$(CONFIG_X86_DS) += trace/
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += sched_cpupri.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLOW_WORK) += slow-work.o
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 2630f5121ec..ecc671e9f14 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -15,11 +15,16 @@ ifdef CONFIG_TRACING_BRANCHES
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
 endif
 
+#
+# Make the trace clocks available generally: it's infrastructure
+# relied on by ptrace for example:
+#
+obj-y += trace_clock.o
+
 obj-$(CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER) += libftrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_RING_BUFFER) += ring_buffer.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_clock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_output.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_stat.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACING) += trace_printk.o