diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
index b31c0802e1cc..6293920cd1be 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig.debug
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 config DEBUG_RODATA
 	bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
 	help
 	  Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
 	  in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
index 775d211a5cf9..8a8677518447 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/arch/x86_64/Kconfig.debug
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ source "lib/Kconfig.debug"
 config DEBUG_RODATA
        bool "Write protect kernel read-only data structures"
        depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+       depends on !KPROBES # temporary for 2.6.22
        help
 	 Mark the kernel read-only data as write-protected in the pagetables,
 	 in order to catch accidental (and incorrect) writes to such const data.