diff --git a/arch/um/Kconfig.common b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
index 08d931c..f8530d8 100644
--- a/arch/um/Kconfig.common
+++ b/arch/um/Kconfig.common
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config UML
 	bool
 	default y
+	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
 	select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
 	select HAVE_UID16
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
index a6a5e42..2f36d51 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL
 #
 
+# Don't instrument UML-specific code; without this, we may crash when
+# accessing the instrumentation buffer for the first time from the
+# kernel.
+KCOV_INSTRUMENT                := n
+
 CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds := -DSTART=$(LDS_START)		\
                         -DELF_ARCH=$(LDS_ELF_ARCH)	\
                         -DELF_FORMAT=$(LDS_ELF_FORMAT)	\
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile b/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile
index 08ff509..ada473b 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/Makefile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Licensed under the GPL
 #
 
+# Don't instrument UML-specific code
+KCOV_INSTRUMENT                := n
+
 obj-y = aio.o execvp.o file.o helper.o irq.o main.o mem.o process.o \
 	registers.o sigio.o signal.o start_up.o time.o tty.o \
 	umid.o user_syms.o util.o drivers/ skas/
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile b/arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile
index 6c803ca..d72dec4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/um/vdso/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Building vDSO images for x86.
 #
 
+# Prevents link failures: __sanitizer_cov_trace_pc() is not linked in.
+KCOV_INSTRUMENT                := n
+
 VDSO64-y		:= y
 
 vdso-install-$(VDSO64-y)	+= vdso.so