diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 33caadd56fcc..e292cead4e1e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y
 # CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_FALLBACK is not set
 CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y
 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER=y
+CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH=""
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
 CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index e527aebb72d4..f0117037527d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -447,6 +447,7 @@ CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y
 # CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_FALLBACK is not set
 CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y
 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER=y
+CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH=""
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
 CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y