diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 1b4afd2e6ca0..e85d549b6eac 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ config PROVE_LOCKING
 	select DEBUG_SPINLOCK
 	select DEBUG_MUTEXES
 	select DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC
+	select TRACE_IRQFLAGS
 	default n
 	help
 	 This feature enables the kernel to prove that all locking
@@ -579,11 +580,10 @@ config DEBUG_LOCKDEP
 	  of more runtime overhead.
 
 config TRACE_IRQFLAGS
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	bool
-	default y
-	depends on TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT
-	depends on PROVE_LOCKING
+	help
+	  Enables hooks to interrupt enabling and disabling for
+	  either tracing or lock debugging.
 
 config DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP
 	bool "Spinlock debugging: sleep-inside-spinlock checking"