diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 980f59a82d0d..adfdd670f951 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -72,6 +72,17 @@ config PAGE_OWNER
 
 	  If unsure, say N.
 
+config PAGE_OWNER_ENABLE_DEFAULT
+	bool "Enable Track page owner by default"
+	depends on PAGE_OWNER
+	help
+	  This keeps track of what call chain is the owner of a page, may
+	  help to find bare alloc_page(s) leaks. If you include this
+	  feature on your build, it is enabled by default. You should pass
+	  "page_owner=off" to boot parameter in order to disable it. Eats
+	  a fair amount of memory if enabled. See tools/vm/page_owner_sort.c
+	  for user-space helper.
+
 config PAGE_POISONING
 	bool "Poison pages after freeing"
 	select PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY if HIBERNATION
diff --git a/mm/page_owner.c b/mm/page_owner.c
index dee931184788..50eef17ae8c8 100644
--- a/mm/page_owner.c
+++ b/mm/page_owner.c
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ struct page_owner {
 #endif
 };
 
-static bool page_owner_disabled = true;
+static bool page_owner_disabled =
+	!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_OWNER_ENABLE_DEFAULT);
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(page_owner_inited);
 
 static depot_stack_handle_t dummy_handle;
@@ -46,6 +47,9 @@ static int __init early_page_owner_param(char *buf)
 	if (strcmp(buf, "on") == 0)
 		page_owner_disabled = false;
 
+	if (strcmp(buf, "off") == 0)
+		page_owner_disabled = true;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("page_owner", early_page_owner_param);