diff --git a/include/linux/kernel.h b/include/linux/kernel.h
index 968b4c4fe65b..77755ac3e189 100644
--- a/include/linux/kernel.h
+++ b/include/linux/kernel.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 struct completion;
 struct user;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD
 
 extern int __cond_resched(void);
 # define might_resched() __cond_resched()
diff --git a/include/linux/vermagic.h b/include/linux/vermagic.h
index 1eaaa93c37bf..329d63babaeb 100644
--- a/include/linux/vermagic.h
+++ b/include/linux/vermagic.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 #else
 #define MODULE_VERMAGIC_SMP ""
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_BUILD
 #define MODULE_VERMAGIC_PREEMPT "preempt "
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)
 #define MODULE_VERMAGIC_PREEMPT "preempt_rt "
diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile
index 2846113677ee..04eeee12c076 100644
--- a/init/Makefile
+++ b/init/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $(obj)/version.o: include/generated/compile.h
 quiet_cmd_compile.h = CHK     $@
       cmd_compile.h = \
 	$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@	\
-	"$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)"	\
+	"$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_BUILD)"	\
 	"$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)" $(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT) "$(LD)"
 
 include/generated/compile.h: FORCE
diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index 60f1bfc3c7b2..ce77f0265660 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
+config PREEMPT_NONE_BUILD
+	bool
+
+config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD
+	bool
+
+config PREEMPT_BUILD
+	bool
+	select PREEMPTION
+	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK if !ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
+
 choice
 	prompt "Preemption Model"
-	default PREEMPT_NONE_BEHAVIOUR
+	default PREEMPT_NONE
 
-config PREEMPT_NONE_BEHAVIOUR
+config PREEMPT_NONE
 	bool "No Forced Preemption (Server)"
-	select PREEMPT_NONE if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
+	select PREEMPT_NONE_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
 	help
 	  This is the traditional Linux preemption model, geared towards
 	  throughput. It will still provide good latencies most of the
@@ -18,10 +29,10 @@ config PREEMPT_NONE_BEHAVIOUR
 	  raw processing power of the kernel, irrespective of scheduling
 	  latencies.
 
-config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BEHAVIOUR
+config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
 	bool "Voluntary Kernel Preemption (Desktop)"
 	depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
-	select PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
+	select PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BUILD if !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
 	help
 	  This option reduces the latency of the kernel by adding more
 	  "explicit preemption points" to the kernel code. These new
@@ -37,10 +48,10 @@ config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BEHAVIOUR
 
 	  Select this if you are building a kernel for a desktop system.
 
-config PREEMPT_BEHAVIOUR
+config PREEMPT
 	bool "Preemptible Kernel (Low-Latency Desktop)"
 	depends on !ARCH_NO_PREEMPT
-	select PREEMPT
+	select PREEMPT_BUILD
 	help
 	  This option reduces the latency of the kernel by making
 	  all kernel code (that is not executing in a critical section)
@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ config PREEMPT_BEHAVIOUR
 
 config PREEMPT_RT
 	bool "Fully Preemptible Kernel (Real-Time)"
-	depends on EXPERT && ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT && !PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
+	depends on EXPERT && ARCH_SUPPORTS_RT
 	select PREEMPTION
 	help
 	  This option turns the kernel into a real-time kernel by replacing
@@ -75,17 +86,6 @@ config PREEMPT_RT
 
 endchoice
 
-config PREEMPT_NONE
-	bool
-
-config PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY
-	bool
-
-config PREEMPT
-	bool
-	select PREEMPTION
-	select UNINLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK if !ARCH_INLINE_SPIN_UNLOCK
-
 config PREEMPT_COUNT
        bool
 
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ config PREEMPTION
 
 config PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
 	bool "Preemption behaviour defined on boot"
-	depends on HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC
-	select PREEMPT
+	depends on HAVE_PREEMPT_DYNAMIC && !PREEMPT_RT
+	select PREEMPT_BUILD
 	default y
 	help
 	  This option allows to define the preemption model on the kernel
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 862af1db22ab..3c9b0fda64ac 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6628,13 +6628,13 @@ __setup("preempt=", setup_preempt_mode);
 static void __init preempt_dynamic_init(void)
 {
 	if (preempt_dynamic_mode == preempt_dynamic_undefined) {
-		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE_BEHAVIOUR)) {
+		if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_NONE)) {
 			sched_dynamic_update(preempt_dynamic_none);
-		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY_BEHAVIOUR)) {
+		} else if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_VOLUNTARY)) {
 			sched_dynamic_update(preempt_dynamic_voluntary);
 		} else {
 			/* Default static call setting, nothing to do */
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT_BEHAVIOUR));
+			WARN_ON_ONCE(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PREEMPT));
 			preempt_dynamic_mode = preempt_dynamic_full;
 			pr_info("Dynamic Preempt: full\n");
 		}