diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index f56e1a5f5cd9..6463b0b1e165 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -3171,6 +3171,10 @@ config MIPS_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	def_bool y
 	select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_VDSO
+	# GCC (at least up to version 9.2) appears to emit function calls that make use
+	# of the GOT when targeting microMIPS, which we can't use in the VDSO due to
+	# the lack of relocations. As such, we disable the VDSO for microMIPS builds.
+	depends on !CPU_MICROMIPS
 
 menu "CPU Power Management"
 
@@ -3183,5 +3187,3 @@ source "drivers/cpuidle/Kconfig"
 endmenu
 
 source "arch/mips/kvm/Kconfig"
-
-source "arch/mips/vdso/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/Kconfig b/arch/mips/vdso/Kconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 70140248da72..000000000000
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/Kconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# GCC (at least up to version 9.2) appears to emit function calls that make use
-# of the GOT when targeting microMIPS, which we can't use in the VDSO due to
-# the lack of relocations. As such, we disable the VDSO for microMIPS builds.
-
-config MIPS_DISABLE_VDSO
-	def_bool CPU_MICROMIPS
diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
index 69d4593f64fe..00d3ba2c482a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # Include the generic Makefile to check the built vdso.
 include $(srctree)/lib/vdso/Makefile.include
 
-obj-vdso-y := elf.o vgettimeofday.o sigreturn.o
+obj-vdso-y := elf.o sigreturn.o
 
 # Common compiler flags between ABIs.
 ccflags-vdso := \
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ aflags-vdso := $(ccflags-vdso) \
 	-D__ASSEMBLY__ -Wa,-gdwarf-2
 
 ifneq ($(c-gettimeofday-y),)
+obj-vdso-y += vgettimeofday.o
 CFLAGS_vgettimeofday.o = -include $(c-gettimeofday-y)
 
 # config-n32-o32-env.c prepares the environment to build a 32bit vDSO
@@ -47,10 +48,6 @@ endif
 
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_vgettimeofday.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
 
-ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_DISABLE_VDSO
-  obj-vdso-y := $(filter-out vgettimeofday.o, $(obj-vdso-y))
-endif
-
 # VDSO linker flags.
 ldflags-y := -Bsymbolic --no-undefined -soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
 	$(filter -E%,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) -shared \
diff --git a/arch/mips/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/mips/vdso/vdso.lds.S
index 5d08be3a6b85..fd263b05d3e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/vdso/vdso.lds.S
+++ b/arch/mips/vdso/vdso.lds.S
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ PHDRS
 VERSION
 {
 	LINUX_2.6 {
-#ifndef CONFIG_MIPS_DISABLE_VDSO
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
 	global:
 		__vdso_clock_gettime;
 #ifdef CONFIG_MIPS_CLOCK_VSYSCALL