diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 4a904623e05d..b04923b72ce0 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -259,9 +259,7 @@ static const char *trace_options[] = {
 	"sched-tree",
 	"ftrace_printk",
 	"ftrace_preempt",
-#ifdef CONFIG_BRANCH_TRACER
 	"branch",
-#endif
 	"annotate",
 	NULL
 };
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.h b/kernel/trace/trace.h
index 790ea8c0e1f3..b41d7b4c2cae 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.h
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.h
@@ -470,9 +470,7 @@ enum trace_iterator_flags {
 	TRACE_ITER_SCHED_TREE		= 0x200,
 	TRACE_ITER_PRINTK		= 0x400,
 	TRACE_ITER_PREEMPTONLY		= 0x800,
-#ifdef CONFIG_BRANCH_TRACER
 	TRACE_ITER_BRANCH		= 0x1000,
-#endif
 	TRACE_ITER_ANNOTATE		= 0x2000,
 };