diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/db1300_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/db1300_defconfig
index c38b190151c..3590ab5d979 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/db1300_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/db1300_defconfig
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_BSG=y
 CONFIG_IOSCHED_NOOP=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_NOOP=y
 CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="noop"
-CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK=y
+# CONFIG_UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK is not set
 CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_INLINE_READ_UNLOCK=y
 CONFIG_INLINE_READ_UNLOCK_IRQ=y
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/configs/iss_defconfig b/arch/xtensa/configs/iss_defconfig
index f932b30b47f..ddab37b2474 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/configs/iss_defconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/configs/iss_defconfig
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_IOSCHED="noop"
 # CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_LOCK_BH is not set
 # CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_LOCK_IRQ is not set
 # CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_LOCK_IRQSAVE is not set
-CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK=y
+# CONFIG_UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK is not set
 # CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_BH is not set
 CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_IRQ=y
 # CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_IRQRESTORE is not set
diff --git a/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h b/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
index e253ccd7a60..51df117abe4 100644
--- a/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
+++ b/include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(raw_spinlock_t *lock, unsigned long flags)
 #define _raw_spin_trylock_bh(lock) __raw_spin_trylock_bh(lock)
 #endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
+#ifndef CONFIG_UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
 #define _raw_spin_unlock(lock) __raw_spin_unlock(lock)
 #endif
 
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.locks b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
index 5068e2a4e75..2251882daf5 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.locks
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.locks
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ config INLINE_SPIN_LOCK_IRQSAVE
 	def_bool !DEBUG_SPINLOCK && !GENERIC_LOCKBREAK && \
 		 ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_LOCK_IRQSAVE
 
-config INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
-	def_bool !DEBUG_SPINLOCK && (!PREEMPT || ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK)
+config UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
+	bool
 
 config INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_BH
 	def_bool !DEBUG_SPINLOCK && ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK_BH
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index 24e7cb0ba26..3f9c97419f0 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
 config PREEMPT
 	bool "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)"
 	select PREEMPT_COUNT
+	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK if !ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
 	help
 	  This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making
 	  all kernel code (that is not executing in a critical section)
diff --git a/kernel/spinlock.c b/kernel/spinlock.c
index 84c7d96918b..5cdd8065a3c 100644
--- a/kernel/spinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/spinlock.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void __lockfunc _raw_spin_lock_bh(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(_raw_spin_lock_bh);
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
+#ifdef CONFIG_UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
 void __lockfunc _raw_spin_unlock(raw_spinlock_t *lock)
 {
 	__raw_spin_unlock(lock);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 05037dc9bde..f32a41f2a82 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ config RT_MUTEX_TESTER
 config DEBUG_SPINLOCK
 	bool "Spinlock and rw-lock debugging: basic checks"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
 	help
 	  Say Y here and build SMP to catch missing spinlock initialization
 	  and certain other kinds of spinlock errors commonly made.  This is