diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index 85a78575956cb0bdf473c4694f29eb7d497a154e..8078955845ae8778482f0f0662c1e2a50bae5713 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ config X86_MINIMUM_CPU_FAMILY
 
 config X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
 	def_bool y
-	depends on !(MK6 || MWINCHIPC6 || MWINCHIP3D || MCYRIXIII || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386)
+	depends on !(MK6 || MWINCHIPC6 || MWINCHIP3D || MCYRIXIII || M586MMX || M586TSC || M586 || M486 || M386) && !UML
 
 menuconfig PROCESSOR_SELECT
 	bool "Supported processor vendors" if EMBEDDED