diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
index fcd77b27514d..051eab33e4c7 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ config DRM_I915
 	# the shmem_readpage() which depends upon tmpfs
 	select SHMEM
 	select TMPFS
-	select STOP_MACHINE
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select DRM_MIPI_DSI