diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 8d4e836e1b6b..46ccad83a664 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1457,11 +1457,6 @@ config SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
 config HAVE_PCSPKR_PLATFORM
 	bool
 
-# interpreter that classic socket filters depend on
-config BPF
-	bool
-	select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA1
-
 menuconfig EXPERT
 	bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
 	# Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
diff --git a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
index 6a906ff93006..bc25f5098a25 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/bpf/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 # BPF interpreter that, for example, classic socket filters depend on.
 config BPF
 	bool
+	select CRYPTO_LIB_SHA1
 
 # Used by archs to tell that they support BPF JIT compiler plus which
 # flavour. Only one of the two can be selected for a specific arch since