diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
index d0af7fb2f3441c6113671b5ee51f95d3a717a8e4..b9ba86191aedba2a7d50901756733addc3601998 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ source "arch/powerpc/platforms/wsp/Kconfig"
 
 config KVM_GUEST
 	bool "KVM Guest support"
-	default y
+	default n
 	---help---
 	  This option enables various optimizations for running under the KVM
 	  hypervisor. Overhead for the kernel when not running inside KVM should