diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 747edaf11559..ca9d98b4a71b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -686,55 +686,11 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_FRAME_WARN),0)
 KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Wframe-larger-than=${CONFIG_FRAME_WARN})
 endif
 
-# This selects the stack protector compiler flag. Testing it is delayed
-# until after .config has been reprocessed, in the prepare-compiler-check
-# target.
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO
-  stackp-flag := $(call cc-option,-fstack-protector-strong,$(call cc-option,-fstack-protector))
-  stackp-name := AUTO
-else
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
-  stackp-flag := -fstack-protector
-  stackp-name := REGULAR
-else
-ifdef CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
-  stackp-flag := -fstack-protector-strong
-  stackp-name := STRONG
-else
-  # If either there is no stack protector for this architecture or
-  # CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE is selected, we're done, and $(stackp-name)
-  # is empty, skipping all remaining stack protector tests.
-  #
-  # Force off for distro compilers that enable stack protector by default.
-  KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
-endif
-endif
-endif
-# Find arch-specific stack protector compiler sanity-checking script.
-ifdef stackp-name
-ifneq ($(stackp-flag),)
-  stackp-path := $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-$(SRCARCH)_$(BITS)-has-stack-protector.sh
-  stackp-check := $(wildcard $(stackp-path))
-  # If the wildcard test matches a test script, run it to check functionality.
-  ifdef stackp-check
-    ifneq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(stackp-check) $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(biarch)),y)
-      stackp-broken := y
-    endif
-  endif
-  ifndef stackp-broken
-    # If the stack protector is functional, enable code that depends on it.
-    KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += -DCONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
-    # Either we've already detected the flag (for AUTO) or we'll fail the
-    # build in the prepare-compiler-check rule (for specific flag).
-    KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flag)
-  else
-    # We have to make sure stack protector is unconditionally disabled if
-    # the compiler is broken (in case we're going to continue the build in
-    # AUTO mode).
-    KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option, -fno-stack-protector)
-  endif
-endif
-endif
+stackp-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE) := -fno-stack-protector
+stackp-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR)          := -fstack-protector
+stackp-flags-$(CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG)   := -fstack-protector-strong
+
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(stackp-flags-y)
 
 ifeq ($(cc-name),clang)
 KBUILD_CPPFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-Qunused-arguments,)
@@ -1118,7 +1074,7 @@ endif
 # prepare2 creates a makefile if using a separate output directory.
 # From this point forward, .config has been reprocessed, so any rules
 # that need to depend on updated CONFIG_* values can be checked here.
-prepare2: prepare3 prepare-compiler-check outputmakefile asm-generic
+prepare2: prepare3 outputmakefile asm-generic
 
 prepare1: prepare2 $(version_h) $(autoksyms_h) include/generated/utsrelease.h \
                    include/config/auto.conf
@@ -1144,43 +1100,6 @@ uapi-asm-generic:
 PHONY += prepare-objtool
 prepare-objtool: $(objtool_target)
 
-# Check for CONFIG flags that require compiler support. Abort the build
-# after .config has been processed, but before the kernel build starts.
-#
-# For security-sensitive CONFIG options, we don't want to fallback and/or
-# silently change which compiler flags will be used, since that leads to
-# producing kernels with different security feature characteristics
-# depending on the compiler used. (For example, "But I selected
-# CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG! Why did it build with _REGULAR?!")
-PHONY += prepare-compiler-check
-prepare-compiler-check: FORCE
-# Make sure compiler supports requested stack protector flag.
-ifdef stackp-name
-  # Warn about CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO having found no option.
-  ifeq ($(stackp-flag),)
-	@echo CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \
-		  Compiler does not support any known stack-protector >&2
-  else
-  # Fail if specifically requested stack protector is missing.
-  ifeq ($(call cc-option, $(stackp-flag)),)
-	@echo Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \
-		  $(stackp-flag) not supported by compiler >&2 && exit 1
-  endif
-  endif
-endif
-# Make sure compiler does not have buggy stack-protector support. If a
-# specific stack-protector was requested, fail the build, otherwise warn.
-ifdef stackp-broken
-  ifeq ($(stackp-name),AUTO)
-	@echo CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \
-                  $(stackp-flag) available but compiler is broken: disabling >&2
-  else
-	@echo Cannot use CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_$(stackp-name): \
-                  $(stackp-flag) available but compiler is broken >&2 && exit 1
-  endif
-endif
-	@:
-
 # Generate some files
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 8a7f7e1f2ca7..2c7c3cf8adfc 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -536,13 +536,16 @@ config HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
 	bool
 	help
 	  An arch should select this symbol if:
-	  - its compiler supports the -fstack-protector option
 	  - it has implemented a stack canary (e.g. __stack_chk_guard)
 
-choice
-	prompt "Stack Protector buffer overflow detection"
+config CC_HAS_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE
+	def_bool $(cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
+
+config CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+	bool "Stack Protector buffer overflow detection"
 	depends on HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
-	default CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO
+	depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protector)
+	default y
 	help
 	  This option turns on the "stack-protector" GCC feature. This
 	  feature puts, at the beginning of functions, a canary value on
@@ -552,14 +555,6 @@ choice
 	  overwrite the canary, which gets detected and the attack is then
 	  neutralized via a kernel panic.
 
-config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_NONE
-	bool "None"
-	help
-	  Disable "stack-protector" GCC feature.
-
-config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
-	bool "Regular"
-	help
 	  Functions will have the stack-protector canary logic added if they
 	  have an 8-byte or larger character array on the stack.
 
@@ -571,7 +566,10 @@ config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR
 	  by about 0.3%.
 
 config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
-	bool "Strong"
+	bool "Strong Stack Protector"
+	depends on CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+	depends on $(cc-option,-fstack-protector-strong)
+	default y
 	help
 	  Functions will have the stack-protector canary logic added in any
 	  of the following conditions:
@@ -589,14 +587,6 @@ config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
 	  about 20% of all kernel functions, which increases the kernel code
 	  size by about 2%.
 
-config CC_STACKPROTECTOR_AUTO
-	bool "Automatic"
-	help
-	  If the compiler supports it, the best available stack-protector
-	  option will be chosen.
-
-endchoice
-
 config HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
 	bool
 	help
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index cb6e3a219294..50a1b8ec9ad9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ config X86
 	select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD if X86_64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK		if X86_64
 	select HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
-	select HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR
+	select HAVE_CC_STACKPROTECTOR		if CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR
 	select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
 	select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
 	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING		if X86_64
@@ -341,6 +341,15 @@ config PGTABLE_LEVELS
 	default 2
 
 source "init/Kconfig"
+
+config CC_HAS_SANE_STACKPROTECTOR
+	bool
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh $(CC)) if 64BIT
+	default $(success,$(srctree)/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh $(CC))
+	help
+	   We have to make sure stack protector is unconditionally disabled if
+	   the compiler produces broken code.
+
 source "kernel/Kconfig.freezer"
 
 menu "Processor type and features"
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh b/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh
index 6b2aeefb9cd3..f5c119495254 100755
--- a/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
-echo "int foo(void) { char X[200]; return 3; }" | $* -S -x c -c -O0 -fstack-protector - -o - 2> /dev/null | grep -q "%gs"
-if [ "$?" -eq "0" ] ; then
-	echo y
-else
-	echo n
-fi
+echo "int foo(void) { char X[200]; return 3; }" | $* -S -x c -c -m32 -O0 -fstack-protector - -o - 2> /dev/null | grep -q "%gs"
diff --git a/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh b/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh
index 4a48bdcd4d6b..3755af0cd9f7 100755
--- a/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh
+++ b/scripts/gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 
 echo "int foo(void) { char X[200]; return 3; }" | $* -S -x c -c -O0 -mcmodel=kernel -fno-PIE -fstack-protector - -o - 2> /dev/null | grep -q "%gs"
-if [ "$?" -eq "0" ] ; then
-	echo y
-else
-	echo n
-fi