diff --git a/include/asm-generic/kmap_size.h b/include/asm-generic/kmap_size.h
index 9d6c7786a645..6e36b2443ece 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/kmap_size.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/kmap_size.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #define _ASM_GENERIC_KMAP_SIZE_H
 
 /* For debug this provides guard pages between the maps */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL
 # define KM_MAX_IDX	33
 #else
 # define KM_MAX_IDX	16
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c789b39ed527..f24fa158f9db 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -849,9 +849,17 @@ config DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS
 
 	  Say N if unsure.
 
+config DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL
+	bool "Debug kmap_local temporary mappings"
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && KMAP_LOCAL
+	help
+	  This option enables additional error checking for the kmap_local
+	  infrastructure.  Disable for production use.
+
 config DEBUG_HIGHMEM
 	bool "Highmem debugging"
 	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && HIGHMEM
+	select DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL
 	help
 	  This option enables additional error checking for high memory
 	  systems.  Disable for production systems.
diff --git a/mm/highmem.c b/mm/highmem.c
index 78c481a30c9a..fab128de97de 100644
--- a/mm/highmem.c
+++ b/mm/highmem.c
@@ -368,10 +368,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kunmap_high);
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, __kmap_local_idx);
 
 /*
- * With DEBUG_HIGHMEM the stack depth is doubled and every second
+ * With DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL the stack depth is doubled and every second
  * slot is unused which acts as a guard page
  */
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_KMAP_LOCAL
 # define KM_INCR	2
 #else
 # define KM_INCR	1