diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 391ffc5..f35a550 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -111,3 +111,16 @@
 config SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
 	def_bool y
 	depends on SPARSEMEM && !SPARSEMEM_STATIC
+
+# Heavily threaded applications may benefit from splitting the mm-wide
+# page_table_lock, so that faults on different parts of the user address
+# space can be handled with less contention: split it at this NR_CPUS.
+# Default to 4 for wider testing, though 8 might be more appropriate.
+# ARM's adjust_pte (unused if VIPT) depends on mm-wide page_table_lock.
+# PA-RISC's debug spinlock_t is too large for the 32-bit struct page.
+#
+config SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS
+	int
+	default "4096" if ARM && !CPU_CACHE_VIPT
+	default "4096" if PARISC && DEBUG_SPINLOCK && !64BIT
+	default "4"