diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 26b0e23..4b0669c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -178,4 +178,7 @@
 config HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+	bool
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/alpha/Kconfig b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
index 60219bf..23f8d8c 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/alpha/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	select AUTO_IRQ_AFFINITY if SMP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIONAL_GPIOLIB
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	help
 	  The Alpha is a 64-bit general-purpose processor designed and
 	  marketed by the Digital Equipment Corporation of blessed memory,
diff --git a/arch/avr32/Kconfig b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
index e9d689b..197e96f 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/avr32/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	help
 	  AVR32 is a high-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor core,
 	  designed for cost-sensitive embedded applications, with particular
diff --git a/arch/frv/Kconfig b/arch/frv/Kconfig
index cb884e4..bad27a6 100644
--- a/arch/frv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/frv/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 
 config ZONE_DMA
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 38280ef..b1227dd 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
 	select IRQ_PER_CPU
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	default y
 	help
 	  The Itanium Processor Family is Intel's 64-bit successor to
diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
index d66e34c..effe8f0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if MMU
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS if !MMU
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW if !MMU
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if RMW_INSNS
 
 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index 65adc86..e077b0b 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 	select IRQ_PER_CPU
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 
 	help
 	  The PA-RISC microprocessor is designed by Hewlett-Packard and used
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 2729c66..e55f754 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
 	select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if SMP
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 
 config EARLY_PRINTK
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index c03fef7..0f98bbd 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@
 	select INIT_ALL_POSSIBLE
 	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index bbdeb48..66405eb 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	select HAVE_IRQ_WORK
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if (GUSA_RB || CPU_SH4A)
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 253986b..a63cddf 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	select IRQ_PREFLOW_FASTEOI
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 
 config ARCH_DEFCONFIG
 	string
diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 0249b8b..b30f71a 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 	select GENERIC_PENDING_IRQ if SMP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select SYS_HYPERVISOR
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if !M386
 
 # FIXME: investigate whether we need/want these options.
 #	select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index da34972..a680a60 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
 	select USE_GENERIC_SMP_HELPERS if SMP
 	select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (X86_64 && NET)
+	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool (KPROBES || PERF_EVENTS)