diff --git a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
index 7fa660fd449c..7e9b1e9f711c 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #define BRANCH_PROFILE()
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER
+#ifdef CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING
 #define FTRACE_EVENTS()	VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__start_ftrace_events) = .;	\
 			*(_ftrace_events)				\
 			VMLINUX_SYMBOL(__stop_ftrace_events) = .;
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 23b96ebbf893..644606e899fa 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ config FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
        depends on HAVE_FTRACE_NMI_ENTER
        default y
 
+config EVENT_TRACING
+	bool
+
 config TRACING
 	bool
 	select DEBUG_FS
@@ -56,6 +59,7 @@ config TRACING
 	select TRACEPOINTS
 	select NOP_TRACER
 	select BINARY_PRINTF
+	select EVENT_TRACING
 
 #
 # Minimum requirements an architecture has to meet for us to
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Makefile b/kernel/trace/Makefile
index 2630f5121ec1..3ad367e7c97f 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/trace/Makefile
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_POWER_TRACER) += trace_power.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KMEMTRACE) += kmemtrace.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_WORKQUEUE_TRACER) += trace_workqueue.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE)	+= blktrace.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += trace_events.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += trace_events.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += events.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += trace_export.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += trace_export.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS) += trace_syscalls.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_PROFILE) += trace_event_profile.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACER) += trace_events_filter.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_EVENT_TRACING) += trace_events_filter.o
 
 libftrace-y := ftrace.o