diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
index b815664fe3700b77aa031fab7711be4128c858d1..8e99073b9e0f2cad52d1346fd7a525c835681b1a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -520,6 +520,7 @@ config X86_PTRACE_BTS
 	bool "Branch Trace Store"
 	default y
 	depends on X86_DEBUGCTLMSR
+	depends on BROKEN
 	help
 	  This adds a ptrace interface to the hardware's branch trace store.