diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
index 4049f2c46387..d7086b985f27 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/common.lds.S
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@
 	__preinit_array_end = .;
   }
   .init_array : {
+        /* dummy - we call this ourselves */
 	__init_array_start = .;
-	*(.init_array)
 	__init_array_end = .;
   }
   .fini_array : {
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
index f5001481010c..c69d69ee96be 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/dyn.lds.S
@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ SECTIONS
      be empty, which isn't pretty.  */
   . = ALIGN(32 / 8);
   .preinit_array     : { *(.preinit_array) }
-  .init_array     : { *(.init_array) }
   .fini_array     : { *(.fini_array) }
   .data           : {
     INIT_TASK_DATA(KERNEL_STACK_SIZE)
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index bd7d650d4a99..81293d78a6ad 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ config CC_DISABLE_WARN_MAYBE_UNINITIALIZED
 
 config CONSTRUCTORS
 	bool
-	depends on !UML
 
 config IRQ_WORK
 	bool
diff --git a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
index 3941a9c48f83..060e8e726755 100644
--- a/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/gcov/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ menu "GCOV-based kernel profiling"
 config GCOV_KERNEL
 	bool "Enable gcov-based kernel profiling"
 	depends on DEBUG_FS
-	select CONSTRUCTORS if !UML
+	select CONSTRUCTORS
 	default n
 	---help---
 	This option enables gcov-based code profiling (e.g. for code coverage