diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index ad23b21479..10a9ac7cc1 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -363,6 +363,7 @@ config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO
 config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
 
 	bool "Enable additional BTF type information"
+	default y if aarch64||arm||i386||i686||x86_64
 	depends on !HOST_OS_MACOS
 	depends on KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO && !KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
 	select DWARVES
@@ -375,7 +376,7 @@ config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
 
 config KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED
 	bool "Reduce debugging information"
-	default y
+	default y if !(aarch64||arm||i386||i686||x86_64)
 	depends on KERNEL_DEBUG_INFO
 	help
 	  If you say Y here gcc is instructed to generate less debugging