diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index 37d4513b4c63..5bf44127d722 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ config DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 	depends on !KMEMCHECK
 	select PAGE_POISONING if !ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
 	select PAGE_GUARD if ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC
+	default n
 	---help---
 	  Unmap pages from the kernel linear mapping after free_pages().
 	  This results in a large slowdown, but helps to find certain types