diff --git a/mm/Kconfig.debug b/mm/Kconfig.debug
index afab093558d2..7470fd60fc59 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/mm/Kconfig.debug
@@ -65,6 +65,16 @@ config PAGE_POISONING
 
 	  If unsure, say N
 
+config PAGE_POISONING_ENABLE_DEFAULT
+	bool "Enable page poisoning by default?"
+	default n
+	depends on PAGE_POISONING
+	---help---
+	  Enable page poisoning of free pages by default? This value
+	  can be overridden by page_poison=off|on. This can be used
+	  to avoid passing the kernel parameter and let page poisoning
+	  feature enabled by default.
+
 config PAGE_POISONING_NO_SANITY
 	depends on PAGE_POISONING
 	bool "Only poison, don't sanity check"
diff --git a/mm/page_poison.c b/mm/page_poison.c
index eb3c4f1aade3..c8cf230dbfcb 100644
--- a/mm/page_poison.c
+++ b/mm/page_poison.c
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 #include <linux/poison.h>
 #include <linux/ratelimit.h>
 
-static bool want_page_poisoning __read_mostly;
+static bool want_page_poisoning __read_mostly
+		= IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING_ENABLE_DEFAULT);
 
 static int early_page_poison_param(char *buf)
 {