diff --git a/drivers/iommu/Kconfig b/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
index 0b9d78a0f3ac..bcd1c9510458 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
@@ -248,6 +248,18 @@ config INTEL_IOMMU_FLOPPY_WA
 	  workaround will setup a 1:1 mapping for the first
 	  16MiB to make floppy (an ISA device) work.
 
+config INTEL_IOMMU_SCALABLE_MODE_DEFAULT_ON
+	bool "Enable Intel IOMMU scalable mode by default"
+	depends on INTEL_IOMMU
+	help
+	  Selecting this option will enable by default the scalable mode if
+	  hardware presents the capability. The scalable mode is defined in
+	  VT-d 3.0. The scalable mode capability could be checked by reading
+	  /sys/devices/virtual/iommu/dmar*/intel-iommu/ecap. If this option
+	  is not selected, scalable mode support could also be enabled by
+	  passing intel_iommu=sm_on to the kernel. If not sure, please use
+	  the default value.
+
 config IRQ_REMAP
 	bool "Support for Interrupt Remapping"
 	depends on X86_64 && X86_IO_APIC && PCI_MSI && ACPI
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
index 42966611a192..26c40134817e 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
@@ -355,9 +355,14 @@ static phys_addr_t intel_iommu_iova_to_phys(struct iommu_domain *domain,
 int dmar_disabled = 0;
 #else
 int dmar_disabled = 1;
-#endif /*CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON*/
+#endif /* CONFIG_INTEL_IOMMU_DEFAULT_ON */
 
+#ifdef INTEL_IOMMU_SCALABLE_MODE_DEFAULT_ON
+int intel_iommu_sm = 1;
+#else
 int intel_iommu_sm;
+#endif /* INTEL_IOMMU_SCALABLE_MODE_DEFAULT_ON */
+
 int intel_iommu_enabled = 0;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(intel_iommu_enabled);