diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index a7b57dd42c26..89e2e3f64f79 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -925,6 +925,9 @@ config LOCK_EVENT_COUNTS
 	  the chance of application behavior change because of timing
 	  differences. The counts are reported via debugfs.
 
+config ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
+	bool
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
 
 source "scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index a4ad2733eedf..f43319c44454 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-config ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
-        def_bool y
-
 config MMU
 	def_bool y
 
@@ -68,6 +65,7 @@ config S390
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
+	select ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 222855cc0158..06027809c599 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV			if X86_64
+	select ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
 	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP		if X86_64
@@ -1518,9 +1519,6 @@ config X86_CPA_STATISTICS
 	  helps to determine the effectiveness of preserving large and huge
 	  page mappings when mapping protections are changed.
 
-config ARCH_HAS_MEM_ENCRYPT
-	def_bool y
-
 config AMD_MEM_ENCRYPT
 	bool "AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME) support"
 	depends on X86_64 && CPU_SUP_AMD