diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 8dfff319617c..33a6f20e7f17 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_INT128 if GCC_VERSION >= 50000 || CC_IS_CLANG
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_NUMA_BALANCING
 	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION if COMPAT
+	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE if ARM64_4K_PAGES || (ARM64_16K_PAGES && !ARM64_VA_BITS_36)
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0d438140d592..725e93af8084 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_BATCHED_UNMAP_TLB_FLUSH
+	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT	if X86_64
 	select ARCH_WANTS_DYNAMIC_TASK_STRUCT
 	select ARCH_WANT_HUGE_PMD_SHARE		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP		if X86_64
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 78d3b49b0354..ce9ef0cd1b7e 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1669,6 +1669,9 @@ config BPF_SYSCALL
 	  Enable the bpf() system call that allows to manipulate eBPF
 	  programs and maps via file descriptors.
 
+config ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT
+	bool
+
 config BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
 	bool "Permanently enable BPF JIT and remove BPF interpreter"
 	depends on BPF_SYSCALL && HAVE_EBPF_JIT && BPF_JIT
@@ -1686,6 +1689,10 @@ config BPF_UNPRIV_DEFAULT_OFF
 	  disable it by setting it to 1 (from which no other transition to
 	  0 is possible anymore).
 
+config BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON
+	def_bool ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_BPF_JIT || BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON
+	depends on HAVE_EBPF_JIT && BPF_JIT
+
 config USERFAULTFD
 	bool "Enable userfaultfd() system call"
 	depends on MMU
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/core.c b/kernel/bpf/core.c
index bb2a00379d88..88a7d28ca112 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/core.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/core.c
@@ -529,9 +529,9 @@ void bpf_prog_kallsyms_del_all(struct bpf_prog *fp)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_BPF_JIT
 /* All BPF JIT sysctl knobs here. */
-int bpf_jit_enable   __read_mostly = IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON);
+int bpf_jit_enable   __read_mostly = IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON);
+int bpf_jit_kallsyms __read_mostly = IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_BPF_JIT_DEFAULT_ON);
 int bpf_jit_harden   __read_mostly;
-int bpf_jit_kallsyms __read_mostly;
 long bpf_jit_limit   __read_mostly;
 long bpf_jit_limit_max __read_mostly;