diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 34884fa..54ffd0f 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 	bool "Transparent user-space probes (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on UPROBE_EVENT && PERF_EVENTS
 	default n
+	select PERCPU_RWSEM
 	help
 	  Uprobes is the user-space counterpart to kprobes: they
 	  enable instrumentation applications (such as 'perf probe')