diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
index 1393ab22a6e4..0dd6df4ebd56 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y
 # CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_FALLBACK is not set
 CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y
 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER=y
+CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH=""
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
 CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y
diff --git a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
index 6546b7b264a6..1c7d94422f9e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/configs/gki_defconfig
@@ -422,6 +422,7 @@ CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY=y
 # CONFIG_HARDENED_USERCOPY_FALLBACK is not set
 CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y
 CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER=y
+CONFIG_STATIC_USERMODEHELPER_PATH=""
 CONFIG_SECURITY_SELINUX=y
 CONFIG_INIT_STACK_ALL=y
 CONFIG_INIT_ON_ALLOC_DEFAULT_ON=y