diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 4d4eb15..036cec1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -82,6 +82,15 @@
 	 Allow the use of ring_buffer_swap_cpu.
 	 Adds a very slight overhead to tracing when enabled.
 
+config PREEMPTIRQ_TRACEPOINTS
+	bool
+	depends on TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE || TRACE_IRQFLAGS
+	select TRACING
+	default y
+	help
+	  Create preempt/irq toggle tracepoints if needed, so that other parts
+	  of the kernel can use them to generate or add hooks to them.
+
 # All tracer options should select GENERIC_TRACER. For those options that are
 # enabled by all tracers (context switch and event tracer) they select TRACING.
 # This allows those options to appear when no other tracer is selected. But the
@@ -155,18 +164,20 @@
 	  the return value. This is done by setting the current return
 	  address on the current task structure into a stack of calls.
 
+config TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
+	bool
+	help
+	  Enables hooks which will be called when preemption is first disabled,
+	  and last enabled.
 
 config PREEMPTIRQ_EVENTS
 	bool "Enable trace events for preempt and irq disable/enable"
 	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
-	depends on DEBUG_PREEMPT || !PROVE_LOCKING
-	depends on TRACING
+	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE if PREEMPT
+	select GENERIC_TRACER
 	default n
 	help
 	  Enable tracing of disable and enable events for preemption and irqs.
-	  For tracing preempt disable/enable events, DEBUG_PREEMPT must be
-	  enabled. For tracing irq disable/enable events, PROVE_LOCKING must
-	  be disabled.
 
 config IRQSOFF_TRACER
 	bool "Interrupts-off Latency Tracer"
@@ -203,6 +214,7 @@
 	select RING_BUFFER_ALLOW_SWAP
 	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT
 	select TRACER_SNAPSHOT_PER_CPU_SWAP
+	select TRACE_PREEMPT_TOGGLE
 	help
 	  This option measures the time spent in preemption-off critical
 	  sections, with microsecond accuracy.