diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
index 6bdef7362c0e..7c44ede122a9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/sleep.S
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(_cpu_resume)
 	 */
 	bl	cpu_do_resume
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && defined(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)
 	mov	x0, sp
 	bl	kasan_unpoison_task_stack_below
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S
index 5d3a0b8fd379..c7f412f4e07d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/acpi/wakeup_64.S
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ SYM_FUNC_START(do_suspend_lowlevel)
 	movq	pt_regs_r14(%rax), %r14
 	movq	pt_regs_r15(%rax), %r15
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && defined(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)
 	/*
 	 * The suspend path may have poisoned some areas deeper in the stack,
 	 * which we now need to unpoison.
diff --git a/include/linux/kasan.h b/include/linux/kasan.h
index 0aea9e2a2a01..f2980f010a48 100644
--- a/include/linux/kasan.h
+++ b/include/linux/kasan.h
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ static inline void kasan_kfree_large(void *ptr, unsigned long ip) {}
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_KASAN */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN) && defined(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)
 void kasan_unpoison_task_stack(struct task_struct *task);
 #else
 static inline void kasan_unpoison_task_stack(struct task_struct *task) {}
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kasan b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
index 0d3b7940cf43..fde82ec85f8f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kasan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
@@ -138,9 +138,10 @@ config KASAN_INLINE
 
 endchoice
 
-config KASAN_STACK_ENABLE
+config KASAN_STACK
 	bool "Enable stack instrumentation (unsafe)" if CC_IS_CLANG && !COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on KASAN_GENERIC || KASAN_SW_TAGS
+	default y if CC_IS_GCC
 	help
 	  The LLVM stack address sanitizer has a know problem that
 	  causes excessive stack usage in a lot of functions, see
@@ -154,12 +155,6 @@ config KASAN_STACK_ENABLE
 	  CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST.	On gcc it is assumed to always be safe
 	  to use and enabled by default.
 
-config KASAN_STACK
-	int
-	depends on KASAN_GENERIC || KASAN_SW_TAGS
-	default 1 if KASAN_STACK_ENABLE || CC_IS_GCC
-	default 0
-
 config KASAN_SW_TAGS_IDENTIFY
 	bool "Enable memory corruption identification"
 	depends on KASAN_SW_TAGS
diff --git a/mm/kasan/common.c b/mm/kasan/common.c
index b25167664ead..38ceb759f853 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/common.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/common.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void __kasan_unpoison_range(const void *address, size_t size)
 	unpoison_range(address, size);
 }
 
-#if CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
 /* Unpoison the entire stack for a task. */
 void kasan_unpoison_task_stack(struct task_struct *task)
 {
diff --git a/mm/kasan/kasan.h b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
index 8c706e7652f2..daa06aa5ea19 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/kasan.h
+++ b/mm/kasan/kasan.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ void *find_first_bad_addr(void *addr, size_t size);
 const char *get_bug_type(struct kasan_access_info *info);
 void metadata_fetch_row(char *buffer, void *row);
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) && CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+#if defined(CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC) && defined(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)
 void print_address_stack_frame(const void *addr);
 #else
 static inline void print_address_stack_frame(const void *addr) { }
diff --git a/mm/kasan/report_generic.c b/mm/kasan/report_generic.c
index 8a9c889872da..4e16518d9877 100644
--- a/mm/kasan/report_generic.c
+++ b/mm/kasan/report_generic.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void metadata_fetch_row(char *buffer, void *row)
 	memcpy(buffer, kasan_mem_to_shadow(row), META_BYTES_PER_ROW);
 }
 
-#if CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+#ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
 static bool __must_check tokenize_frame_descr(const char **frame_descr,
 					      char *token, size_t max_tok_len,
 					      unsigned long *value)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.kasan b/scripts/Makefile.kasan
index 127012f45166..3d791908ed36 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.kasan
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.kasan
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET ?= $(CONFIG_KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET)
 
 cc-param = $(call cc-option, -mllvm -$(1), $(call cc-option, --param $(1)))
 
+ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_STACK
+	stack_enable := 1
+else
+	stack_enable := 0
+endif
+
 ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_GENERIC
 
 ifdef CONFIG_KASAN_INLINE
@@ -27,7 +33,7 @@ else
 	CFLAGS_KASAN := $(CFLAGS_KASAN_SHADOW) \
 	 $(call cc-param,asan-globals=1) \
 	 $(call cc-param,asan-instrumentation-with-call-threshold=$(call_threshold)) \
-	 $(call cc-param,asan-stack=$(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)) \
+	 $(call cc-param,asan-stack=$(stack_enable)) \
 	 $(call cc-param,asan-instrument-allocas=1)
 endif
 
@@ -42,7 +48,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 CFLAGS_KASAN := -fsanitize=kernel-hwaddress \
-		$(call cc-param,hwasan-instrument-stack=$(CONFIG_KASAN_STACK)) \
+		$(call cc-param,hwasan-instrument-stack=$(stack_enable)) \
 		$(call cc-param,hwasan-use-short-granules=0) \
 		$(instrumentation_flags)
 
diff --git a/security/Kconfig.hardening b/security/Kconfig.hardening
index 269967c4fc1b..a56c36470cb1 100644
--- a/security/Kconfig.hardening
+++ b/security/Kconfig.hardening
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ choice
 	config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF
 		bool "zero-init structs passed by reference (strong)"
 		depends on GCC_PLUGINS
-		depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK=1)
+		depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK)
 		select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
 		help
 		  Zero-initialize any structures on the stack that may
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ choice
 	config GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK_BYREF_ALL
 		bool "zero-init anything passed by reference (very strong)"
 		depends on GCC_PLUGINS
-		depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK=1)
+		depends on !(KASAN && KASAN_STACK)
 		select GCC_PLUGIN_STRUCTLEAK
 		help
 		  Zero-initialize any stack variables that may be passed
