diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index 60145c9b9f84..165ecdd24d22 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ config SPARC
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_HARDENED_USERCOPY
+	select PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL if PROVE_LOCKING
 
 config SPARC32
 	def_bool !64BIT
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b01e547d4d04..a6c8db1d62f6 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -1085,6 +1085,9 @@ config PROVE_LOCKING
 
 	 For more details, see Documentation/locking/lockdep-design.txt.
 
+config PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL
+	bool
+
 config LOCKDEP
 	bool
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT && STACKTRACE_SUPPORT && LOCKDEP_SUPPORT