diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4314c9419..da5295415 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ linux (3.16.7-ckt2-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
       allows some slack for growth over the lifetime of a stable release.
     - [/kirkwood] Disable RD_LZO and RD_LZ4
     - [/kirkwood] mm: Disable KSM
+    - [/kirkwood] Disable CHECKPOINT_RESTORE
 
  -- Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>  Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:45:48 +0000
 
diff --git a/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood b/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood
index 32ae29d3e..6aa776600 100644
--- a/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood
+++ b/debian/config/armel/config.kirkwood
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ CONFIG_UBIFS_FS=y
 ##
 ## file: init/Kconfig
 ##
+# CONFIG_CHECKPOINT_RESTORE is not set
 CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
 
 ##