diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index bf1e410..cdb6b75 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 	  kernel mode. This saves memory access for each such access
 
 
-config ARC_MISALIGN_ACCESS
+config ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED
 	bool "Emulate unaligned memory access (userspace only)"
 	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_NO_WARN
 	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/unaligned.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/unaligned.h
index 3e5f071..6da6b4e 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/unaligned.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/unaligned.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <asm-generic/unaligned.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_MISALIGN_ACCESS
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED
 int misaligned_fixup(unsigned long address, struct pt_regs *regs,
 		     struct callee_regs *cregs);
 #else
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arc/kernel/Makefile
index 8004b4f..113f203 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/Makefile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) 			+= smp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND)		+= unwind.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KPROBES)      		+= kprobes.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_ARC_MISALIGN_ACCESS) 	+= unaligned.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED) 	+= unaligned.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KGDB)			+= kgdb.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARC_METAWARE_HLINK)	+= arc_hostlink.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS)		+= perf_event.o
diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/disasm.c b/arch/arc/kernel/disasm.c
index b8a549c..3b7cd48 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/disasm.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/disasm.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/disasm.h>
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_KGDB) || defined(CONFIG_ARC_MISALIGN_ACCESS) || \
+#if defined(CONFIG_KGDB) || defined(CONFIG_ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED) || \
 	defined(CONFIG_KPROBES)
 
 /* disasm_instr: Analyses instruction at addr, stores
@@ -535,4 +535,4 @@
 	return instr.is_branch;
 }
 
-#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB || CONFIG_ARC_MISALIGN_ACCESS || CONFIG_KPROBES */
+#endif /* CONFIG_KGDB || CONFIG_ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED || CONFIG_KPROBES */