diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index ef32e977d307fe9cd975232ea3e0946a56ed7d5e..4245b7f80a49de11d2709ffd66a23f7d371137a3 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config AMIGA_Z2RAM
 config BLK_DEV_XD
 	tristate "XT hard disk support"
 	depends on ISA && ISA_DMA_API
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	help
 	  Very old 8 bit hard disk controllers used in the IBM XT computer
 	  will be supported if you say Y here.
diff --git a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
index 9b26574f1466a179a8a7782931855f2d946e3947..d602b8fa7d46f3020e670844fd406098ff79d5bd 100644
--- a/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/input/misc/Kconfig
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ config INPUT_WISTRON_BTNS
 	select INPUT_POLLDEV
 	select NEW_LEDS
 	select LEDS_CLASS
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	help
 	  Say Y here for support of Winstron laptop button interface, used on
 	  laptops of various brands, including Acer and Fujitsu-Siemens. If
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index a50b9553d5b19d88d70c552c3d2f34060030fd87..6f2c71ef47eee062990b76641128361c840f2b85 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ config SCSI_3W_9XXX
 config SCSI_7000FASST
 	tristate "7000FASST SCSI support"
 	depends on ISA && SCSI && ISA_DMA_API
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	help
 	  This driver supports the Western Digital 7000 SCSI host adapter
 	  family.  Some information is in the source:
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ config SCSI_AHA152X
 	tristate "Adaptec AHA152X/2825 support"
 	depends on ISA && SCSI && !64BIT
 	select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	---help---
 	  This is a driver for the AHA-1510, AHA-1520, AHA-1522, and AHA-2825
 	  SCSI host adapters. It also works for the AVA-1505, but the IRQ etc.
@@ -583,6 +585,7 @@ config SCSI_DTC3280
 	tristate "DTC3180/3280 SCSI support"
 	depends on ISA && SCSI
 	select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	help
 	  This is support for DTC 3180/3280 SCSI Host Adapters.  Please read
 	  the SCSI-HOWTO, available from
@@ -657,6 +660,7 @@ config SCSI_EATA_PIO
 config SCSI_FUTURE_DOMAIN
 	tristate "Future Domain 16xx SCSI/AHA-2920A support"
 	depends on (ISA || PCI) && SCSI
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	---help---
 	  This is support for Future Domain's 16-bit SCSI host adapters
 	  (TMC-1660/1680, TMC-1650/1670, TMC-3260, TMC-1610M/MER/MEX) and
@@ -1324,6 +1328,7 @@ config SCSI_LPFC
 config SCSI_SEAGATE
 	tristate "Seagate ST-02 and Future Domain TMC-8xx SCSI support"
 	depends on X86 && ISA && SCSI
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	---help---
 	  These are 8-bit SCSI controllers; the ST-01 is also supported by
 	  this driver.  It is explained in section 3.9 of the SCSI-HOWTO,
@@ -1397,6 +1402,7 @@ config SCSI_T128
 	tristate "Trantor T128/T128F/T228 SCSI support"
 	depends on ISA && SCSI
 	select SCSI_SPI_ATTRS
+	select CHECK_SIGNATURE
 	---help---
 	  This is support for a SCSI host adapter. It is explained in section
 	  3.11 of the SCSI-HOWTO, available from
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index e5c2c514174ad28e4f2354ef94bb8da1b46bfa46..ba3d104994d914643e4c673b1058e0c4a57cd813 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -138,4 +138,7 @@ config HAS_DMA
 	depends on !NO_DMA
 	default y
 
+config CHECK_SIGNATURE
+	bool
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index d9e5f1cd0bfbb4e4cedae4d68ec7af423c80fa79..6b0ba8cf4e5f9ab3fbc8fef0b4ead9c88af7cf4a 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ CFLAGS_kobject_uevent.o += -DDEBUG
 endif
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_IOMAP) += iomap.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o check_signature.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM) += iomap_copy.o devres.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CHECK_SIGNATURE) += check_signature.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS) += locking-selftest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK) += spinlock_debug.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK) += rwsem-spinlock.o