diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
index a185fe023b602fb33f469b96b7a3e89389b135e6..acf162111ee2add9c749498a02f62a491b4d9834 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()		1
-#define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)		(flags)
 
 static inline int flat_get_addr_from_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 relval, u32 flags,
 					u32 *addr, u32 *persistent)
diff --git a/arch/c6x/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/c6x/include/asm/flat.h
index c4d703b454c6402c47438861b5c4a791d3bcd338..353e4d06e8c05aa4aa60dcf8ac0b9d18dfa758d0 100644
--- a/arch/c6x/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/c6x/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()			0
-#define flat_old_ram_flag(flags)			(flags)
 static inline int flat_get_addr_from_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 relval, u32 flags,
 					u32 *addr, u32 *persistent)
 {
diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
index ecfc4b4b6373cf4a89b8e92ad62b686963fe7000..d30e8727b02dc28313613d111713d7c4b4b1a9f1 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 config H8300
         def_bool y
 	select ARCH_32BIT_OFF_T
+	select BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select HAVE_UID16
 	select VIRT_TO_BUS
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/flat.h
index 7ef7eefded3d83c99b76798911aee69cdbf60747..14cc928d547824c998876202bdc51cfa25bedf49 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()		1
-#define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)		1
 
 /*
  * on the H8 a couple of the relocations have an instruction in the
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/flat.h
index 217fa89c8e34b90139a5a7396b72bda51846e0ef..7b1fb5c2809e3bdde8558513786151046284c90f 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()		1
-#define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)		(flags)
 static inline int flat_get_addr_from_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 relval, u32 flags,
 					u32 *addr, u32 *persistent)
 {
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h
index 846084fa7f0456ab85d8a29ae185a8c05626d60a..1cd8d7f4cf125977ba9c0a4592a15fc2db854597 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()	0
-#define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)	(flags)
 
 /*
  * Microblaze works a little differently from other arches, because
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/flat.h
index 0d520b4cc5ea99c3631e70eb8d09ab9c5b9fb498..015678d7b7711c3a8ada6775b4c89b855f588e9d 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()		0
-#define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)		(flags)
 static inline int flat_get_addr_from_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 relval, u32 flags,
 					u32 *addr, u32 *persistent)
 {
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/flat.h
index a1d88aa3ef8a5ef44ccd2bd28eeeda2c9156b270..b215c1e66958c234ecc707f539e595273f800db2 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #include <asm/unaligned.h>
 
 #define flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()			0
-#define flat_old_ram_flag(flags)			(flags)
 static inline int flat_get_addr_from_rp(u32 __user *rp, u32 relval, u32 flags,
 					u32 *addr, u32 *persistent)
 {
diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index f87ddd1b6d72bc3b102bc407d1e5061c25590d77..5658e12ad944497ad3a284394bca352ce0bc6379 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ config BINFMT_FLAT
 	help
 	  Support uClinux FLAT format binaries.
 
+config BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM
+	bool
+
 config BINFMT_ZFLAT
 	bool "Enable ZFLAT support"
 	depends on BINFMT_FLAT
diff --git a/fs/binfmt_flat.c b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
index c0e4535dc1ecc39cc3d789094fb0e3fd315e4408..3e7f4a6cffa25d738b91f9d873c7ff77a3cd8874 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_flat.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_flat.c
@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@ static int load_flat_file(struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 	 * fix up the flags for the older format,  there were all kinds
 	 * of endian hacks,  this only works for the simple cases
 	 */
-	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION && flat_old_ram_flag(flags))
+	if (rev == OLD_FLAT_VERSION &&
+	   (flags || IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BINFMT_FLAT_OLD_ALWAYS_RAM)))
 		flags = FLAT_FLAG_RAM;
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_BINFMT_ZFLAT