diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
index 4c49f53afa3e..ec1f6a48121e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_ldisc.c
@@ -156,12 +156,7 @@ static void put_ldops(struct tty_ldisc_ops *ldops)
  *		takes tty_ldiscs_lock to guard against ldisc races
  */
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_LDISC_AUTOLOAD)
-	#define INITIAL_AUTOLOAD_STATE	1
-#else
-	#define INITIAL_AUTOLOAD_STATE	0
-#endif
-static int tty_ldisc_autoload = INITIAL_AUTOLOAD_STATE;
+static int tty_ldisc_autoload = IS_BUILTIN(CONFIG_LDISC_AUTOLOAD);
 
 static struct tty_ldisc *tty_ldisc_get(struct tty_struct *tty, int disc)
 {