diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst
index 2de7c63415da..e3591f8e9d5b 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/ubsan.rst
@@ -49,34 +49,22 @@ Report example
 Usage
 -----
 
-To enable UBSAN configure kernel with::
+To enable UBSAN, configure the kernel with::
 
-	CONFIG_UBSAN=y
+  CONFIG_UBSAN=y
 
-and to check the entire kernel::
-
-        CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y
-
-To enable instrumentation for specific files or directories, add a line
-similar to the following to the respective kernel Makefile:
-
-- For a single file (e.g. main.o)::
-
-    UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := y
-
-- For all files in one directory::
-
-    UBSAN_SANITIZE := y
-
-To exclude files from being instrumented even if
-``CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL=y``, use::
+To exclude files from being instrumented use::
 
   UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := n
 
-and::
+and to exclude all targets in one directory use::
 
   UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
 
+When disabled for all targets, specific files can be enabled using::
+
+  UBSAN_SANITIZE_main.o := y
+
 Detection of unaligned accesses controlled through the separate option -
 CONFIG_UBSAN_ALIGNMENT. It's off by default on architectures that support
 unaligned accesses (CONFIG_HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS=y). One could
diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 0af6709570d1..287e62522064 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG if CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M || CPU_V6K
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
 	select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT if CPU_V7
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index aa7c1d435139..78533d1b7f35 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_WANTS_NO_INSTR
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP if ARM64_4K_PAGES
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARM_AMBA
 	select ARM_ARCH_TIMER
 	select ARM_GIC
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 797ae590ebdb..9750ce3e40d5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ config MIPS
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRNLEN_USER
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_HAS_GCOV_PROFILE_ALL
 	select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
diff --git a/arch/parisc/Kconfig b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
index d14ccc948a29..dbc9027ea2f4 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/parisc/Kconfig
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ config PARISC
 	select ARCH_HAS_ELF_RANDOMIZE
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
 	select ARCH_NO_SG_CHAIN
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS if PA20
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index b9fc064d38d2..2065973e09d2 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER		if !SPU_BASE && !COMPAT
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST		if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
 	select ARCH_MHP_MEMMAP_ON_MEMORY_ENABLE	if PPC_RADIX_MMU
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index bffbd869a068..d824d113a02d 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config RISCV
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_HAS_VDSO_DATA
 	select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK if ACPI
 	select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index fe565f3a3a91..97dd25521617 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ config S390
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_HAS_VDSO_DATA
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
 	select ARCH_INLINE_READ_LOCK
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 5edec175b9bf..1c4c326a3640 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
-	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	select ARCH_HAS_DEBUG_WX
 	select ARCH_HAS_ZONE_DMA_SET if EXPERT
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.ubsan b/lib/Kconfig.ubsan
index 04222a6d7fd9..0611120036eb 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.ubsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.ubsan
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-config ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
+config ARCH_HAS_UBSAN
 	bool
 
 menuconfig UBSAN
@@ -169,17 +169,6 @@ config UBSAN_ALIGNMENT
 	  Enabling this option on architectures that support unaligned
 	  accesses may produce a lot of false positives.
 
-config UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
-	bool "Enable instrumentation for the entire kernel"
-	depends on ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
-	default y
-	help
-	  This option activates instrumentation for the entire kernel.
-	  If you don't enable this option, you have to explicitly specify
-	  UBSAN_SANITIZE := y for the files/directories you want to check for UB.
-	  Enabling this option will get kernel image size increased
-	  significantly.
-
 config TEST_UBSAN
 	tristate "Module for testing for undefined behavior detection"
 	depends on m
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
index cd5b181060f1..52efc520ae4f 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_UBSAN),y)
 _c_flags += $(if $(patsubst n%,, \
-		$(UBSAN_SANITIZE_$(basetarget).o)$(UBSAN_SANITIZE)$(CONFIG_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL)), \
+		$(UBSAN_SANITIZE_$(basetarget).o)$(UBSAN_SANITIZE)y), \
 		$(CFLAGS_UBSAN))
 endif
 
