diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e6e08d8a45fc..085c830d344b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 570fa52eb6f0..7f2a80091337 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ config ARM64
 	select ARCH_KEEP_MEMBLOCK
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF
 	select ARCH_USE_GNU_PROPERTY
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 702648f60e41..49a3c9cd1cb2 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config MIPS
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_UPROBES
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF if 64BIT
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_DEFAULT_TOPDOWN_MMAP_LAYOUT if MMU
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 3b34c44832e0..2d060c002595 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ config PPC
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC	if PPC32 || PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
 	select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF		if PPC64
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS		if PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS	if PPC_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0fc82237414d..dac15f646f79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_SUPPORTS_LTO_CLANG_THIN	if X86_64
 	select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_SYM_ANNOTATIONS
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
index 9ad6b7b82707..524413aabbc4 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/xtensa/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config XTENSA
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_CPU if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_DMA_FOR_DEVICE if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_DMA_SET_UNCACHED if MMU
+	select ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_RWLOCKS
 	select ARCH_USE_QUEUED_SPINLOCKS
 	select ARCH_WANT_FRAME_POINTERS
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index b38bbb5bb00e..678c13967580 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2573,11 +2573,18 @@ config TEST_FPU
 
 endif # RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU
 
+config ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
+	bool
+	help
+	  An architecture should select this when it uses early_memtest()
+	  during boot process.
+
 config MEMTEST
 	bool "Memtest"
+	depends on ARCH_USE_MEMTEST
 	help
 	  This option adds a kernel parameter 'memtest', which allows memtest
-	  to be set.
+	  to be set and executed.
 	        memtest=0, mean disabled; -- default
 	        memtest=1, mean do 1 test pattern;
 	        ...