diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 648fca42ae6af1ec31d60a4ce3696ff496124d4e..0eb801a75deedb123fa93575a98b8e503855c59a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -112,7 +112,14 @@ config MMU
 	def_bool y
 
 config ZONE_DMA
-	def_bool y
+	bool "DMA memory allocation support" if EXPERT
+	default y
+	help
+	  DMA memory allocation support allows devices with less than 32-bit
+	  addressing to allocate within the first 16MB of address space.
+	  Disable if no such devices will be used.
+
+	  If unsure, say Y.
 
 config SBUS
 	bool
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
index 2cde0a34bed65d39878bef6fe572c0ba5ef2fb56..29f7c6d981790cea29114c1b20d7cb54904a702e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_32.c
@@ -678,8 +678,10 @@ static void __init zone_sizes_init(void)
 {
 	unsigned long max_zone_pfns[MAX_NR_ZONES];
 	memset(max_zone_pfns, 0, sizeof(max_zone_pfns));
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] =
 		virt_to_phys((char *)MAX_DMA_ADDRESS) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+#endif
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = max_low_pfn;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_HIGHMEM] = highend_pfn;
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 0404bb3a077e4af0d72ba8a7ebc357b59e6a86aa..d865c4aeec55fb6c57638006c0a05e8fec30aed1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -616,7 +616,9 @@ void __init paging_init(void)
 	unsigned long max_zone_pfns[MAX_NR_ZONES];
 
 	memset(max_zone_pfns, 0, sizeof(max_zone_pfns));
+#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA] = MAX_DMA_PFN;
+#endif
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_DMA32] = MAX_DMA32_PFN;
 	max_zone_pfns[ZONE_NORMAL] = max_pfn;