diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 2852fcd82cbd..8ccae77d40f7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1954,6 +1954,7 @@ config X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK
 	depends on AS_WRUSS
 	depends on X86_64
 	select ARCH_USES_HIGH_VMA_FLAGS
+	select ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK
 	select X86_CET
 	help
 	  Shadow stack protection is a hardware feature that detects function
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
index 72f14fd59c2d..23f875e78eae 100644
--- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
+++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ static void show_smap_vma_flags(struct seq_file *m, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR
 		[ilog2(VM_UFFD_MINOR)]	= "ui",
 #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_USERFAULTFD_MINOR */
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_USER_SHADOW_STACK
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK
 		[ilog2(VM_SHADOW_STACK)] = "ss",
 #endif
 #if defined(CONFIG_64BIT) || defined(CONFIG_PPC32)
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 4c9f5ea13271..4b2a1ef9a161 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -1296,6 +1296,12 @@ config NUMA_EMU
 	  into virtual nodes when booted with "numa=fake=N", where N is the
 	  number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
 
+config ARCH_HAS_USER_SHADOW_STACK
+	bool
+	help
+	  The architecture has hardware support for userspace shadow call
+          stacks (eg, x86 CET, arm64 GCS or RISC-V Zicfiss).
+
 source "mm/damon/Kconfig"
 
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